cheeze

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A sweat Bee enjoying some Florida fall with a visit to my swamp sunflowers. Florida, USA

 

No hurricanes this year means that my swamp sunflowers didn't get knocked over! Also something about the lighting made this bee look silver even though it's really metallic green. Florida, Zone 9b

 

Despite being nowhere near Ohio, Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) still love growing here. They only bloom in the morning because the afternoon sun causes the flowers to shrivel up, but no worries because there will be a whole new batch the next day! Florida, USA

 

Here are last year's swamp sunflowers (Helianthus angustifolius) in bloom. A hurricane knocked them all over a week before blooming so I'm hoping this year they will get to bloom upright! Florida, USA

[–] cheeze@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That looks awesome!

 

A gray hairstreak caterpillar on my false indigo bush (amorpha fruticosa). It took a little while to identify it because they turn the color of whatever they eat and are normally green. This little guy is purple because it was only really eating the flowers. Florida, USA

Also a shout out to the kind people who maintain the Alabama butterfly atlas for helping identify this caterpillar.

[–] cheeze@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's awesome, do they get coffee from it?

[–] cheeze@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Haha yeah I've read that it could technically be brewed into a terrible coffee but that it will cause headaches.

 

Shiny leaf coffee (Psychotria nervosa) is my favorite native plant and it is also a favorite of the local bees! Zone 9b, Florida, USA

 

Swamp Milkweed with what I believe is a mason bee. Zone 9b, Florida, USA.

[–] cheeze@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Those look great! I planted some of them this year from seeds and they sure are taking their sweet time

 

A mantis hanging out on some swamp sunflower. Florida, USA.

 
 

One of my caterpillars successfully made it to adulthood and was drying out it's wings on my Stokes aster.

 

Gulf fritillary caterpillars on my passion vine. Around two dozen of them made it to butterflies this year! Florida, USA

 

My passion vine blooming earlier this year before all the caterpillars ate it. Zone 9b, Florida, USA

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