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The Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar seems to swing on the breeze on its strands of filaments, moving from tree to tree, and can move up to the tree or down to the ground.
Nymph R. microptera with its characteristic black and yellow-striped body.
Young nymphs are highly gregarious, and remain gregarious through most of the nymphal period, though the intensity dissipates with time. Especially at night, they tend to aggregate, and may climb vegetation to rest for the evening.
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Photo taken in Bulow Creek State Park.
I was lining up the hairy flower scarab, metallic beetle, when the paper wasp slipped into the frame — a perfect, unplanned collision of color and motion. Two visitors sharing the same bloom for a heartbeat, turning a simple macro into a small story about chance and wild Florida mornings. Lucky for me I was shooting the right wildflower!
Know the enemy: They have changed their appearance! The fourth and final moult before emerging as the egg-laying, winged adult. They are now red with black and white spots.
suspended between blossoms and open air, a pollen-covered bee hovers for a fleeting instant before disappearing into the next flower. the moment reveals the quiet precision of nature, where movement, color, and purpose meet in perfect balance.