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A Zebra Longwing butterfly with eye-catching eyes forages for nectar in flowers at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, Heliconius charithonia, Nectar, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Zebra Longwing
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A Zebra Longwing butterfly is not deterred by a cloudy day at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area to lay a multitude of eggs on a corky-stem passion vine, the larval plant of the Zebra Longwing’s caterpillar stage. Note just below the butterfly all those yellow ovals on the plant are freshly laid eggs.
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, Corky-stem Passion-Vine, Heliconius charithonia, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Zebra Longwing
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The Mangrove Skipper from yesterday’s post seen from a different angle shows its white face and more of the iridescent blue that caught the sunlight so well.
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, Mangrove Skipper, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Phocides pigmalion
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At rest on a blade of grass | Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
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A Monarch butterfly foraging at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Monarch, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
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A Monarch butterfly foraging at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Monarch, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
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A quick afternoon walk on the first truly cool day of Florida’s short, but desperately appreciated, Fall-WInter season found a lot of insect activity along Oslo Road where it cuts through the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. The insects were out and about appreciating the cool weather just as much as everyone else. White Peacock Butterfly Green Orchid Bee Green Orchid Bee Honey Bee Honey Bee Honey Bee Dragonfly Bumble Bee
Categories: Nature • Tags: Anartia jatrophae, Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens, Bumble Bee, butterfly, Dragonfly, Euglossa dilemma, green orchid bee, Honey Bee, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, White Peacock
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Zebra Longwing butterfly in the Audubon House pollinator garden at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA).
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, butterfly, Heliconius charitonia, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Zebra Longwing
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Zebra Longwing butterfly, designated the state butterfly of Florida in 1996, in the Audubon House pollinator garden at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA).
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, butterfly, Heliconius charitonia, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Zebra Longwing
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A bright yellow Orange-barred Sulphur butterfly at the Egret Marsh Stormwater Park.
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, Egret Marsh Stormwater Park, Orange-barred Sulphur, Phoebis philea
