seems to be the best fit - these were some extremely handsome specimens !!
Charles H. Bronson State Forest
I can't remember the precise location, but there were several of these at Bothe-Napa Valley State Park. Just get on your hands and knees and look closely when you start seeing lots of Douglas-fir cones on the ground.
Photographed by Ron McConathy.
Pseudacanthops, es un género de la familia Acanthopidae. Este género de mantis del orden Mantodea, tiene 4 especies reconocidas.
White spores
AWilderness Disney
Appears to be the same one first reported on iNat by @roxanne7 in 2017!
Other observations of this individual: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.794886941426988&nelng=-80.2866712061474&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&subview=table&swlat=25.784260697185044&swlng=-80.34110932031366&taxon_id=46017&verifiable=any&field:Aberrant%20type=leucistic
Birding The Landing at MIA and the green area nearby. eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118870190
Guessing this a jack based on the shape.
Much less wavy and much less sargassum than a couple days prior. Caught with a cheapy bait net and photographed in a critter keeper. Good technique for finding little critters that inhabit sargassum. Almost every bit of sargassum had "sea monkeys" still not sure what to call them...
Tentative ID... based on the following note on bugguide:
"Distinguished from other eastern Ochthera by the red to yellow fore tarsi."
https://bugguide.net/node/view/855237
Came out to Medley to see some remnant wetland prairie areas I noticed on google maps. There weren't any iNaturalist observations around here so I figured it would be fun to see what was around.
All my observations from today:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.874575902010463&nelng=-80.33779662814422&on=2021-07-26&place_id=any&subview=map&swlat=25.863956809664582&swlng=-80.37863057818694&user_id=joemdo&verifiable=any
ID is a guess.. really cool looking organism!
In an LPK hammock
Set up two blacklights aimed at one sheet at Pinecrest Campground in Loop Road. This was one of the more exciting insects I saw. Will post everything in the next day or two but just had to post this one already! Other observations from blacklighting on this night (another sheet set up at Mitchell's landing)
Pinecrest campground:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.76498840377109&nelng=-80.90974887564009&on=2021-06-10&place_id=any&swlat=25.759674061574785&swlng=-80.92608245591911&user_id=joemdo&verifiable=any
I did this last summer and posted a video from Pinecrest campground, talking about my set up. You can see that here: https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk
Leon Creek North Hausman Rd Area
Part of movie, GIF image.
Mating behaviour.
Saw palmetto is my cold-hardy hero.
This family of otters caught and ate at least 20 sailfin catfishes during the 30 min I watched them
Found in an underwater cavern, photographed, and then released back to where it came from. Five golden colored eggs are visible in some of the photos.
This blind species is endemic to the underwater caves and caverns of the Floridan Aquifer in north-central Florida. It typically hangs upside down from the ceilings of these underwater passages.
Growing in low area of palmetto/lyonia scrub. Short flower stalks covered with hairs. No D. capillaris present.
Looks mostly like a Nile, but the tail patterns indicate it’s likely a hybrid. Nile x blue
Another introduced species of croc.
https://journals.ku.edu/reptilesandamphibians/article/view/14433