Zebra longwing (Heliconius charitonius)

Amanda's Pennant

Gulf Fritillary

Mangrove Skipper

Monarchs on Seaside Goldenrod

Rose-rush

Gulf Coast Lupine. Lake Wales Ridge, FL

Southern White nectaring on spanish needles

Day Lillys

Green Eyes

Sandhill Milkweed

Red Sage

Coral bean flower and seagrape leaves

Firey Skipper

Everglades Amberwing, 2008

Catesby's or Pine Lilly and Palmetto

Palamedes Swallowtail. Disney-Nature Conservancy Preserve, Kissimmee Florida

Catesby's or Pine Lilly (Lilium catesbaei) a threatened species due to loss of habitat and fire supression. Taken at Three Lakes WMA.

Beauty Berry, Callicarpa Americana

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Swamp Lobelia, Everglades National Park

Sabatia Stands Alone

Bartram's Hairstreak

This tiny butterfly only exists in the pine rockland ecosystems if South Florida and depends on its sole host plant and nectar source the pineland croton. Currently the Bartram's Hairsteak is candidate for listing on the endangered species act. Fortunately, most of the remaining habitat has been protected. However, the vast majority of its habitat has already been destroyed and it buried under what is now the metro miami-dade area.

Bartram's Hairstreak on Pineland Croton. Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge

Bartram's Hairstreak

Pine Pink

Female Florida Duskywing, imperlied species of the pine rockland ecosystem.

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Blue Curls, Trichostema setaceum.

Cradle of Life

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Queen Butterfly

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Scrub Blazing Star, Liatris ohlingerae, a Florida native, endemic, and endangered species. Archbold Biological Station. Thanks Paul, Keith, and Reed!

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Swamp Lobelia

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Faint Light on a Lilly Pad Bloom

Turner River, Big Cypress NP

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Maple Seeds

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