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French fries and mushroom caps and beer.
6 months agoSo what did Uncle Ed eat??
6 months agoThis time of year and the next couple months most likely females looking for a good spot to lay eggs. Mostly they stay in the water, emerging occasionally to bask on a log or whatever sticking out of the water.
6 months agoI believe that marks the head of that Tanglefoot Trail. Am I right?
7 months agoYou're not in Lee County anymore, that's the Union County courthouse.
7 months agoDownsizing would be a beast.
7 months agoMight be field madder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherardia
Some PI vines around here are over an inch and a half in diameter and reach far into the tree... Not gonna climb up to see how far though! But I don't hesitate to pull out my little folding saw and make it start all over again. Years ago in KY, I measured a leaf that was over 18 inches for a single leaflet of the 3. Never seen any as big since though.
7 months agoActually a hoverfly (flower fly). There are many species of them that mimic various wasps or bees. This looks like a good match with photos of black-shouldered drone fly.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155106-Eristalis-dimidiata/browse_photos?place_id=37
Seems to match blue fieldmadder photos.
http://www.southeasternflora.com/view_flora.php?plantid=354
Sounds like a "Bucket List" motel
7 months agoI went to a wedding in Okalona a little over 20 years ago.
7 months agoMight be a red spotted purple.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1078072
Looks like phlox.
http://www.southeasternflora.com/view_flora.php?plantid=319
Your daughter and I walked around in there...buying things we probably didn't need.
6 months ago