Summer Snowflake Flower
Filed in Flowers, 17 December, 2008, 9:53 pmLeucojum vernum
Also may be a Spring Snowflake, but I’m only taking guesses.
A Southern garden favorite!
Jumping Spider
Filed in Spiders, , 1:57 pmPhidippus mystaceus
But we called her Franklin, which is somewhat unfortunate that she got a boy name before I realized she was a +ahem+, she. She was found hanging around outside of my office by a coworker in Cary, NC. I scooped her up, took him home and got a few photographs before letting her make [...]
Yellow Seahorse
Filed in Fish, 15 December, 2008, 9:58 amHippocampus kuda
This seahorse is known as the common seahorse, yellow seahorse, spotted seahorse or estuary seahorse. This one was snapped at an aquatic exhibit on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
A fish without scales?! Yessireeeee.
Japanese Beetles
Filed in Bugs, 10 December, 2008, 12:53 pm
Here’s a Wednesday-hump-day treat: copulating Japanese Beetles! The top group love fest above was found in my heavy-pollen-full-bloom magnolia tree (Holly Springs, NC). Those little rascals. The second photo was taken along a stream in New River Gorge, WV.
These handsome little devils are destructive & mighty pests, but enough of that; learn time!
Camellia
Filed in Flowers, 9 December, 2008, 2:12 pmCamellia – though I’m not sure what kind. There are up to 250 different kinds of Camellias and lots of the flowers we see are hybrids or cultivars, of which there are thousands. With such small snapshots, looking back – there’s no way I can hope to figure out what kind of Camellia I have [...]
