approximately noon
near Atlantic Ocean not far from Homestead Air Force Reserve Base
I think this is called a Giant Land Crab.
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13 July 2002 approximately noon near Atlantic Ocean not far from Homestead Air Force Reserve Base I think this is called a Giant Land Crab. |
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13 Sept 2002 --
10:50 am --
South of Florida City, Florida
Photo taken with 100mm macro lens and Number 1 Close-up lens (that screws-in like a filter.) |
Velvet Ant Velvet Ants are actually wasps. This one is black with red fur. I did a Google search on "furry red ant" and I came-up with the name "Velvet Ant". Then I searched on "Velvet Ant" and lots of websites came-up. I found out that these things sting and that males have wings, so the one in the photo is a female. There are a heck of a lot of webpages about Velvet Ants. The insect was about a half inch long and was running across the ground in an agricultural area adjacent to the Everglades. This is the only one I have ever seen. This is one of the few animals which I captured (then photographed and released). It is in a plastic cone (like for ice cream) which I found on the ground. |
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1 May 2000 Everglades National Park |
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Photo taken with 100mm macro lens plus number 4 close-up lens (that screws-in
like a filter) and flash. Image scanned from negative.
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Jumping Spider 7 July 2003 11:20am Statenville, GA near Alapaha River There are many species of jumping spiders, and my National Audubon Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders only describes five of them. This one resembles the Daring Jumping Spider Phidippus audax. When you stare at one of these, it stares back at you. According to the field guide, jumping spiders have eight eyes. There are four small eyes above the four large ones. |
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White Peacock Butterfly 19 May 2001 south of Florida City, FL |
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Six-spotted Fishing Spider Dolomedes triton
28 May 2001 My identification is based on the website: www.enature.com |
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Moth 21 Feb 2001 northeast of Homestead Air Force Reserve Base |
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