South ORCA Dragonfly
by terranovabay
A Dragonfly seen on a hike along one of the South Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area trails.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Dragonfly, hike, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, South ORCA, trail
Tag: Dragonfly
Flashback Friday: Golden Silk Spider at ORCA
by terranovabay
Remembering the Golden Silk Spider and her mate at ORCA. The female Golden Silk Spider (Nephila clavipes) that lives at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area behind the office has become a favorite daily stop to see what she is up to. Lately she has had the attentions of a male Golden Silk Spider lurking around on her web. The dramatic size difference between the two sexes is evident in this photo. The female Golden Silk Spider is gigantic compared with […]
Categories: Nature • Tags: Banana Spider, Dragonfly, Flashback Friday, Golden silk orb-weaver, Golden Silk Spider, Nephila clavipes, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Spider
On the Fence
by terranovabay
A Roseate Skimmer dragonfly on a barbed wire fence.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Dragonfly, Orthemis ferruginea, Roseate Skimmer
Roadside Insects
by terranovabay
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
Four-spotted Pennant along SORCA scrub trail
by terranovabay
A Four-spotted Pennant dragonfly basks in the Sun along the South Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area scrub trail.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Brachymesia gravida, Dragonfly, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Scrub. Four-spotted Pennant
Blue Hunter
by terranovabay
Dragonfly | Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
Categories: Nature • Tags: Dragonfly, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
Roseate Dragonfly
by terranovabay
Reddish-pink dragonfly at Egret Marsh Stormwater Park.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Dragonfly, Egret Marsh Stormwater Park
Dragonfly Saturday
by terranovabay
The Audubon House pollinator garden was filled with dragonflies on Saturday morning. One of the few insects out and about on a warmish but still cool Florida day.
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, Dragonfly, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, pollinator garden
Christmas Dragonfly
by terranovabay
The late night visit of the Christmas Dragonfly usually goes unnoticed. Probably because it does not bring gifts for anyone nor have any other particular agenda, which makes it not as popular as Santa Claus.
Categories: Eccentricities • Tags: Brevard County, Christmas, Dragonfly, Eau Gallie, Florida, Melbourne
Keeping Order in the Insect World
by terranovabay
Dragonflies in the pollinator garden at Audubon House. As predators they perch on high waiting for their prey to wander by. Amazingly, they spend most of their lives, months to years, underwater in another carnivorous form called a nymph before metamorphosing into the short-lived — a few scant months if they don’t have the misfortune of being eaten themselves — dragonfly. A prehistoric form of the dragonfly had a wingspan up to three feet across!
Categories: Nature • Tags: Audubon House, Dragonfly, Florida, Indian River County, ORCA, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, pollinator garden
