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Another Atala butterfly emerges from its chrysalis amongst the Coontie plants making up part of the landscaping at Audubon House at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Atala, butterfly, Coontie, Eumaeus atala, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
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A blood red Atala butterfly caterpillar consumes the Coontie host plant that it needs to eat to survive at this young age. The caterpillar takes up the Coontie’s natural toxins and the brilliant red and yellow coloration is a warning that eating the youngster could be dangerous to would-be predators. The adult Atala butterfly’s coloration is also a warning that it might be toxic to predators. As seen in the Audubon House landscaping at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. UPDATE: […]
Categories: Nature • Tags: Atala, butterfly, Coontie, Eumaeus atala, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
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prominent constituent
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: butterfly, collage, firebush, Hamelia patens, Heliconius charithonia, Neighborhood, Reptiles, Wall, Zebra Longwing
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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
