Calosoma scrutator - Fiery searcher
Geothlypis trichas - Common yellowthroat
Year-round residents of Florida and the southeastern coastal plain, these warblers are more common in the southern peninsula and during winter a
... moreVanessa virginiensis - American lady
These butterflies are typically found in pine flatwoods, open disturbed areas and the edges of hammocks throughout Florida. The American lady is
... moreEvania appendigaster - Cockroach egg parasitoid wasp
Common in Florida and across the southern United States to California. Also present in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Believed to originate in
... moreActitis macularius - Spotted sandpiper
Spotted sandpipers can be seen near most kinds of freshwater - including rivers and streams - and in coastal areas of the state for much of the
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Actitis macularia
Pictonemobius sp. - Bar-faced ground cricket
There are four species of
Pictonemobius, all ranging throughout Florida and adjacent states.
These are small crickets that have
... moreDielis plumipes - Feather-legged scoliid wasp
Of the three forms of this species,
Dielis plumipes fossulana, is the only subspecies that occurs in Florida. This subspecies is found t
... moreDigger wasp
Scarab hunter wasp
Campsomeris plumipes var. fossulana
Scymninae Diomus or Scymnus - Lady beetle
This is a lady beetle from the Scymninae subfamily of Coccinellidae (ladybugs, ladybirds & lady beetles).
Two likely possibilities incl
... moreSialia sialis - Eastern bluebird
A year-round resident of most of Florida, except the very southeastern peninsula. The range extends throughout the eastern United States, west t
... moreNyctanassa violacea - Yellow-crowned night heron
Yellow-crowned night herons are mostly nocturnal feeders, but can sometimes be seen in the mornings or before dusk searching for their favorite
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Nycticorax violaceus
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