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normally the Eugene, OR area hosts seven pond damselfly species like the one pictures
Western red damsel
Emma’s dancer
Vivid dancer
Tule bluet
Northern bluet
Pacific forktail
Western forktail
The Pacific Fortail is known for the two spots on the thorax. It's close to the one in your picture.. However, Pacific Forktails are also known to have some green color in the eyes and I do not see that.
So, I'm just giving a guess here.
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The beginnings of a crimson clover.
Red clover has a less distinct color.
DYK...Monterey clover is a California endangered plant species, which means that killing or possessing plants is prohibited by the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). The species is also listed as endangered under the federal link opens in new windowEndangered Species Act.
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the shell sure does look like a rock crab, common along the entire CA coast. Yellow rock crabs are the most common around Catalina Island. Since they can grow up to 3 inch shells and your find is smaller, perhaps this is a juvenile.
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The Rudbeckia goes by a couple of common names such a campfire rudebeckia, it's a variant of the common black-eyed susan.
The butterfly is one of the checkered skippers either common, desert or tropical. TX has all three.
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three times a charm, very nice picture, WTG
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The yellow bill says definiely a Great Egret. Other common egrets such as the Snowy egret have black bills.
Very nice picture. They are about the same size, and probably as common as the banana spiders. However the banana spiders usually have much larger webs.
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Hard to say because there are three species of the so-called water turtles in Florida that go by the name 'cooter' and have a yellow stripe(s) on the face, the Suwannee Cooter, the River Cooter and the Florida turtle.
Since the picture says it is taken south of Tampa/St/ Pete, I would guess the Florida cooter. It's the most common of the three.
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I'll go with Witch's Hat also. The yellow stem practically gives it away. The cap turns conical after it ages.
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Just a few suggestions to move identification along. The look of the gills could suggests a few different common types of gilled mushrooms such as Waxcap or they are sometimes called waxycaps, or the Cortinarius.
Geting more specific mushroom identification requires other physical clues such as spore prints and sometimes even a picture of the bottom of the mushroom base. For example, Cortinarius species are known to have bulb shaped tips at the bottom of the stem.
Sometimes a general guide to Florida Fauna and Florida might help
https://greennature.com/florida/