by Rich Leighton | Aug 26, 2020 | Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Insects, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
If you ever see one of these large 2 to 3-inch, slow-moving grasshoppers impaled on a thorn or barbed wire fence and can’t possibly figure out how it got there then here’s your answer: The loggerhead shrike often catches them and pins them in place until...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 13, 2020 | Butterflies, Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Insects, Invertebrates, Moths, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Their size and rapid wing beats allow sphinx moths to hover and feed like hummingbirds, which is why they were nicknamed ‘hummingbird moths’. People often mistake the protrusion on the back of the sphinx caterpillar for a stinger. MORE PHOTOS OF...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 8, 2020 | Brushfoots, Butterflies, Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Insects, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
When threatened or bothered, the white peacock butterfly will flash its wings and produce hissing sound by rubbing its wings in front of the predator. It is also very long-lived for a butterfly, often living up to 11 months! MORE PHOTOS OF BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS MORE...
by Rich Leighton | May 13, 2020 | Brushfoots, Butterflies, Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Insects, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
When it is disturbed, the zebra longwing butterfly makes a creaking sound by wiggling its body. At night, large groups will roost together on tree limbs. They return to the same roost night after night. MORE PHOTOS OF BUTTERFLIES MORE FLORIDA NATURE FACTS Florida...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 18, 2020 | Butterflies, Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Insects, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Butterflies! Welcome to the next installment of a new series of nature photos that will be short & sweet, and all about the native and naturalized wildlife that is all around us with just one or two interesting nature facts that you might not know about. If you...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 13, 2020 | Butterflies, Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Insects, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Most adult butterflies can’t bite or chew. They eat mainly liquids like nectar, sap, juices from fruits, and sometimes even fluids from carcasses. They have a long, tube-like tongue called a proboscis, which works like a straw to suck up liquid. When...
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