Pipes and flowers.

Regal moth.

The endangered giant swallowtail butterfly made an appearance on the bottlebrush.

Finally found the illusive monarch butterfly on the Withalacoochie trail.

Barred owl.

The lady bugs have arrived.

Imperial moth.

Not a flock of seagulls.

A duality in nature.

The happiest dragon fly I have ever seen.

A polyphemus moth hiding in a palm. This moth is named after the giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa a cyclops in Greek mythology.

This unfortunate insect was caught in the rain and had to wait for its wings to dry before it could fly again.

A battered northern crescent butterfly.

A great southern white butterfly.

A green bottle fly perched on an evergreen branch.

A male brown anole looking for a mate.

A female brown anole posing for the camara.

This black and yellow garden spider is  preparing a meal of fly.

The  lantana camara flower even though it is considered an invasive species is one of my favorite flowering plants.

Two spicebush swallowtail butterflies and two bees share in the wealth of nectar that this bottle brush flower provides them.

A gulf fritillary butterfly on a bottle brush flower.

This channel runs off from the gulf and one can often find dolphins playing here.

A very dirty cooter turtle lumbering from his watery home scavenging for food.

The alien like tussock caterpillar.

A great egret.

A bee feeding on fire wheel flowers.

A red shouldered hawk perched on a limb scanning for its next meal.

View of Fort Island gulf beach in Florida.

The puss caterpillar also known in its adult stage as the southern flannel moth is considered one of the most venomous caterpillars in the U.S. people that have felt the pain of this creature say that it is like being stung by multiple bees.Here he is on the outside of a plastic trash bag full of leaves looking for tasty morsels.

These turtles are enjoying some sun.

This spiny orb weaver spider spun its web in a tree at eye level I almost walked into it.

The mushroom.

Yummy pancakes.

This raccoon was thought to be hurt upon first seeing him. He was laying so still when he lifted his head and gazed at us. It turns out he was merely resting from a night or scavenging.

A grasshoper sneaking up on me.

This is the zebra long wing butterfly the state butterfly of Florida.