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Project Noah Nature School
I'm not a scientist, but always had a passion for the natural world. Looking forward to sharing this hobby with like-minded individuals.
Miami-Dade County, FL
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You have to be careful IDying these guys here in FL because the native Little Leaf Notcher (http://bugguide.net/node/view/109995) looks very much like the much more common introduced Sri Lanka Weevil (http://bugguide.net/node/view/5213). However I'm fairly certain your guy is neither of these, but what I suggested above. By the way same suggestion for the other spotting.
Just a thought, have they released any white doves lately from that Church in the background?
http://birds.about.com/od/mediumbirds/p/...
This article may answer more questions. Yours seems to be definitively acting domesticated.
From what I saw online. (Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus) was an accepted scientific name for Yellow as a subspecies of the Eastern Rat Snake, but seems to be now out of use. There are just many color variations.
Yep, Owlfly
I think it's Ululodes macleayanus, just based on photo similarities, but I don't know enough to rule out U. floridanus. Almost all the photos submitted to bugguide.com from FL seem to be either of these.
We'll I'm fairly certain it's a species of Aquilegia. There are so many varieties, and I'm no expert. I'm thinking because of the slight blue tinge and the leaf shape it may be a pale version or hybrid of Aquilegia flabellata (Fan Columbine).
http://www.plant-and-flower-guide.com/aq...
Sorry forgot the reference page:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/582
A little hard to make out details but it looks like a False Potato Beetle to me (Leptinotarsa juncta)
You are correct, in the reference page above there is a nice series of photos with different life stages.
This was a while ago, but good for the plant. They eat other insects.
