Cool Things I Found Outside

Hi! Welcome to my personal archive of interesting bugs, plants, critters, etc. that I find while outside touching grass.

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Silver hairstreak (center) and Gulf Fritillary (top) butterflies

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Wild Muscovy duck with ducklings

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a lot of people dont care about insect biomass collapse bc when they hear we are losing 2.5% of the insect biomass per year they just imagine the cockroach and housefly population decreasing by that much. they dont realize those are among the only ones that will remain unbothered

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you can make a little oasis right where you are, and it matters

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every year of restoring native plants I see a great increase in the insect populations, and loads of new insects i never saw before (all of them harmless--the insects that are harmful or parasitic on humans are the main ones being unaffected by the decrease in insect populations)

(a large part of) the problem is Plant Sameness. we must restore plant diversity

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Teeny baby brown anole

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Unfortunately, the largest Cane Toad (Invasive) I’ve ever encountered.

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“Blue Tango” bromeliad in bloom

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a finally finished monarch butterfly

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Not quite a milkweed plant, but I took these photos a while ago and OP’s art reminded me of them :)

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Funky beetle, unknown species.

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Raccoon footprint

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Pink thistle bloom

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Salt Marsh Mothcaterpillar snacking on chickweed

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Opuntia Polyacantha blooms found on a walk.

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Unknown larvae species in a dried palm frond. Larvae resembled a very small nugget of marijuana.

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Low res photos of Red Headed Woodpecker

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Fallen bird nest, species unknown. Tennis ball for scale.

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I don’t usually touch but this millipede had to be moved while I weeded the garden.

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A collection of various frogs/toads I’ve encountered in my yard.