A sweat Bee enjoying some Florida fall with a visit to my swamp sunflowers. Florida, USA
No hurricanes this year means that my swamp sunflowers didn't get knocked over! Also something about the lighting made this bee look silver even though it's really metallic green. Florida, Zone 9b
A gray hairstreak caterpillar on my false indigo bush (amorpha fruticosa). It took a little while to identify it because they turn the color of whatever they eat and are normally green. This little guy is purple because it was only really eating the flowers. Florida, USA
Also a shout out to the kind people who maintain the Alabama butterfly atlas for helping identify this caterpillar.
Swamp Milkweed with what I believe is a mason bee. Zone 9b, Florida, USA.
One of my caterpillars successfully made it to adulthood and was drying out it's wings on my Stokes aster.
Gulf fritillary caterpillars on my passion vine. Around two dozen of them made it to butterflies this year! Florida, USA
My passion vine blooming earlier this year before all the caterpillars ate it. Zone 9b, Florida, USA
Here's my sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana) blooming earlier this year. Smells like lemons! Zone 9b, Florida, USA