Jim 🇺🇦

Thanks Scarlett 🙂. You never know what you're going to see in the course of a day.

black and white regal jumping spider (Phidippus regius)with grasshopper prey shown against red painted metal background

Another jumping spider for #arachtober. Regal jumping spider with prey. #macro #spiders #nature #invertebrates #wildlife 🕷️

Thanks so much! Every once in a while I get lucky.

She is, and I had completely forgotten about this pic.

A giant lichen orbweaver spider ( Araneus bicentenarius)is shown on the green tines of a garden rake.

I was looking through my photo files to see what I could contribute to #arachtober and I ran across this giant lichen orbweaver. This beauty is straddling the tines of a plastic leaf rake. #spiders #nature #invertebrates #wildlife

Now you’re probably going to find wildflowers in unexpected places.

Have you considered starting at least some indoors or in a sheltered location?

Thing??

Ripening black and some reddish fruits (called drupes) of Walter's viburnum are shown against a background of it's green leaves. Viburnum obovatum.

Ripening drupes of the native shrub, Walter's viburnum.This is a great evergreen plant to have in your yard, as the white flowers attract pollinators in the spring and the fruits attract birds in the fall. #nativeplant #nature 🐝 🐦 #gardening

You’re welcome. Contact me any time you have a question. I’ll be posting a lot more native plants, so be on the lookout.

River oats are native to where I live in North Florida. If you can find seeds, they are easy to start. I started mine with one plant from an area native nursery and start more seeds every year. I did post a pic of them.

I grow them too, and highly recommend them. I keep mine in wetter areas.

Fabulous capture!

Purple Lobelia flower with a small brown spider and web on the backside of a curled petal

Unidentified spider that made a home on a Lobelia wildflower. I never realized how common this is until I started macro photography of wildflowers. It makes sense: let the prey come to you.
#arachtober #spider #bloomscrolling #wildflower #nativeplant #nature 🕷️ #invertebrates #bugsky 🌼 #macro

Not an entomologist, but it looks like an assassin bug we have here, based on the mouth-parts

I am in 9a and highly recommend snow squarestem. Also climbing aster if you have a wet area or can make one

Interested in how the sand squares work out. I have never seen them in person. Are you going to update when things sprout? I’ll be following your progress.

Am eastern bumblebee is shown pollinating a white flower with a woodsy green background

For those of you that can't get enough bumblebee, here's one of many on a snow squarestem his morning. All of them are in for a pleasant surprise next week when the climbing asters bloom. #bumblebee #insect #bugsky #nativeplant #wildflower #nature 🐝

Green tree frog with a yellow/brown underside is shown on a window screen. Squirrel tree frog

Frogs 🐸 seem to be more popular than ever. Here's a squirrel tree frog on a window screen this morning. #frog #nature #wildlife #amphibian #herps #treefrog #macro

An under appreciated plant in my opinion.

Hawk was definitely authorized, pigeons were not.

Thank you Erin!!

Thanks Pipa, i enjoy seeing your posts too!

Red-shouldered hawk is perched on a warning sign with a wooded background

You can't say you weren't warned! 🪶 #birdoftheday #raptor #hawk #nature #wildlife

A great photo of a beautiful creature. I never see anything like that in my yard.

Congrats !!

If you manage to get a photo and let me know approximate location, maybe I can help identify it.

Fantastic!

Will be posting a photo of P multiflorus in the next few day. There used to thousands of them where i worked. I enjoyed seeing them every year

Jealous of what you get to do. Penstemon are such interesting plants.