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0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by MachiFlorida, USA

White lichen with yellowish/peach sporodochies covering most of the tree. ...

1 0 Salt Marsh Caterpillar

Salt Marsh Caterpillar

by dcslaughFlorida, USA

Legacy Trail, Nokomis, FL. 5:08PM.

1 0 Colicwood

Colicwood

by MachiFlorida, USA

Small black berries, white flowers, and glossy leaves

1 0 Spine-waisted Ant

Spine-waisted Ant

by MachiFlorida, USA

Deep red ant with spikes on its abdomen carrying the fruit of Myrsine cubana ...

2 1 Southern Leopard Frog

Southern Leopard Frog

by MachiFlorida, USA

hopped into the grasses near the salt ...

1 2 Salt marsh mallow

Salt marsh mallow

by auntnance123Florida, USA

http://www.brevardcounty.us/EELProgram/Areas/SamsHouseSanctuary

0 0 Salt-marsh Fleabane

Salt-marsh Fleabane

by MachiFlorida, USA

A fleabane species I think.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by MachiFlorida, USA

Agalinis? Thin leaves; most of the plants were less than 2 feet tall

5 4 Mangrove Buckeye

Mangrove Buckeye

by suzybousaCape Coral, Florida, USA

Spotted at Rotary Park walking a trail that ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by MachiFlorida, USA

Crematogaster or termite nest?

1 1 Blewit

Blewit

by MachiFlorida, USA

Tan mushroom with pinkish tan cap and stipe.

1 0 Florida Swampprivet

Florida Swampprivet

by MachiFlorida, USA

There were almost no leaves on this tree, but there were a couple and some ...

0 0 Alabama Supplejack

Alabama Supplejack

by MachiFlorida, USA

Small, woody, zigzag-stemmed plant about 1 foot tall. The leaves are small and ...

0 0 Tropical Fimbry

Tropical Fimbry

by MachiFlorida, USA

Plant with old flower/seed heads still hanging on with long, thin leaf blades. ...

0 0 Striped Hermit Crab

Striped Hermit Crab

by annorionGrand Isle, Louisiana, USA

The trail at Grand Isle park is located on ...

1 0 Florida Swampprivet

Florida Swampprivet

by MachiFlorida, USA

Dioecious plant (compare photos 1 & 2), small bluish drupes (photo 3 shows a ...

4 3 Southern Black Racer Eggs

Southern Black Racer Eggs

by MachiHomosassa, Florida, United States

I saw 3 or 4 of these on the ground, all already hatched. You can see the neat ...

51 19 Salt Heliotrope

Salt Heliotrope

by KarenPCarlsbad, California, USA

(salt

1 0 Hooded Merganser

Hooded Merganser

by MachiFlorida, USA

Male and a female. They were swimming near a group of herons and egrets. The ...

1 0 Wax Scale Insect

Wax Scale Insect

by MachiFlorida, USA

I believe it was dead, as it looked a bit dried up compared to live ones I have ...

1 1 Wild Coffee

Wild Coffee

by MachiFlorida, USA

These were quite plentiful alongside the

2 2 Yellow Rat Snake

Yellow Rat Snake

by Casey3

Approximately 2-2.5 ft long, yellow and black striped snake. The yellow rat ...

0 0 Honey Locust

Honey Locust

by MachiFlorida, USA

My first time ever seeing this plant in Citrus County. It has woody stems with ...

2 2 Periwinkle Snail

Periwinkle Snail

by annorionGrand Isle, Louisiana, USA

Along the tidal trail these guys were ...

0 0 Question Mark Butterfly

Question Mark Butterfly

by NeilDNYC, New York, USA

A North American nymphalid butterfly. They live in wooded areas and city parks, ...

3 3 Salt Marsh Moth

Salt Marsh Moth

by CindyBinghamKeiserSan Diego, California, USA

Yellow caterpillar with long white hairs. The face is dark with a yellow ...

3 0 Brown anole

Brown anole

by suzybousaCape Coral, Florida, USA

This one caught my eye due to the size of the ridge on it's back, I haven't ...

0 0 Tall Meadow Rue

Tall Meadow Rue

by ForestDragonNew York, USA

Tall, gangly plant. Blue-green, finely divided leaves. White, plume-like ...

2 1 Grizzled Mantid Ootheca

Grizzled Mantid Ootheca

by MachiFlorida, USA

Small matid ootheca (egg case) in a hole on the palm tree that it fit almost ...

0 0 Shoehorn Oyster

Shoehorn Oyster

by MachiFlorida, USA

Crowded, decurrent gills. Stipe either located at the center or off to the ...

0 0 Olive-green Swamp Grasshopper

Olive-green Swamp Grasshopper

by MachiFlorida, USA

Large brown grasshopper with a dark stripe on each side.

0 4 Acorn Nectriaceae Fungi

Acorn Nectriaceae Fungi

by MachiFlorida, USA

Nectriaceae. It looks a bit like slime mold, but it lacks plasmodium and it has ...

4 0 Giant Milkweed Bug

Giant Milkweed Bug

by MachiFlorida, USA

They were all clustered together, but I don't think any were mating. One of ...

0 0 Salt-marsh Fleabane

Salt-marsh Fleabane

by LivanEscuderoBonita Springs, Florida, USA

Eagle trail. While taking the picture a ...

0 0 Rose Gentian

Rose Gentian

by LivanEscuderoFlorida, USA

grandiflora photos I see, it seems S. stellaris is more of a coastal

0 0 Cartilage Lichen

Cartilage Lichen

by LivanEscuderoFlorida, USA

about a foot of water in this area of the

2 0 Streaked Arrow Grass

Streaked Arrow Grass

by MachiFlorida, USA

The flowers are a very pale lavender color, more like a tuft of fuzzy hairs ...

0 0 Water Hyssop

Water Hyssop

by MachiFlorida, USA

Succulent, rounded leaves. There were a few small clumps of these in this spot ...

2 2 Hairy-topped Polypore

Hairy-topped Polypore

by MachiFlorida, USA

The first two photos show the top and underside of a more mature specimen, and ...

0 0 Wood Blewit

Wood Blewit

by MachiFlorida, USA

Usually purple, I was surprised to discover these are blewits. I think they ...

2 1 Shoestring Fern

Shoestring Fern

by MachiHomosassa, Florida, United States

Though it looks more like a grass, this is actually a fern. When they are just ...

2 0 Corkystem Passionflower

Corkystem Passionflower

by MachiFlorida, USA

One of the smallest if not the smallest species in the genus, at least fruit ...

19 8 Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

by williefromwi Dallas, Texas, USA

on both adults and juveniles. The yellow-crowned night-heron flies with slow ...

0 0 Large Tolype Moth

Large Tolype Moth

by ForestDragonNew York, USA

This unfortunate caterpillar was found deceased along the side of a large dirt ...

7 0 Crystalline ice plant

Crystalline ice plant

by Brian38Imperial Beach, California, United States

inhibits the growth of native plants by accumulating

2 0 Rose of Plymouth

Rose of Plymouth

by MachiFlorida, USA

other flowers had a thin red border. Blade-like sepals and thin leaves. Very ...

1 0 Great Blue Heron (juvenile)

Great Blue Heron (juvenile)

by gatorfellowsTexas, USA

rounded and its legs trail well beyond the ...

4 0 Seven-spotted Ladybird

Seven-spotted Ladybird

by DonnaPomeroyCalifornia, USA

Coccinella septempunctata, the seven-spot ladybird (or, in North America, ...

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