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Heteropoda venatoria, the Brown Huntsman Spider, in Lake county, Florida; 27...
Heteropoda venatoria, the Brown huntsman spider, photographed in Lake county, Florida (27 June 2014). One of my favorite spiders in central Florida is the Brown huntsman spider, Heteropoda venatoria,...
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Atlanticus gibbosus, the Robust Shieldback, in Ormond Beach, Florida; 26 June...
Atlanticus gibbosus, the Robust shieldback, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (26 June 2014). Here we have, I believe, a Robust shieldback, Atlanticus gibbosus. You might think this lovely...
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Bucrates malivolans, the Cattail conehead katydid, in Bulow Creek State Park,...
Bucrates malivolans, the Cattail conehead katydid (female nymph), photographed in Volusia county, Florida (29 June 2014). Today, we’re briefly checking out a new species to Dust Tracks: The Cattail...
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Orchelimum pulchellum, the Handsome Meadow Katydid, in Ormond Beach, Florida;...
Orchelimum pulchellum, the Handsome meadow katydid, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (29 June 2014). The Handsome meadow katydid, Orchelimum pulchellum, is a striking species with its mix of...
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Volusia County Katydids
Likely Belocephalus subapterus, the Half-winged Conehead katydid, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (03 July 2014). We’re wrapping up our tiny, little katydid run on Dust Tracks with a plethora...
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Coluber constrictor priapus, the Southern Black Racer, in Ormond Beach,...
Coluber constrictor priapus, the Southern black racer, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (11 July 2014). It was a fun week on the snake front beginning with this Southern black racer, Coluber...
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On the Gopher Tortoise in July of 2014: Inhumanity and Violence
Gopherus polyphemus, the Gopher tortoise, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (23 May 2014). Originally, this post was slotted to feature a rather rowdy and rambunctious encounter with a Yellow...
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Squirrel Treefrogs and Their Nightsong in Ormond Beach, Florida
Hyla squirella, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (03 July 2014). One of my favorite features of the southern summer –especially here in Volusia county, Florida– is the cacophony of nightsong...
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The Seabreeze Fighting Sandcrabs!
Here’s a fun story –by Danny Klein of the Daytona Beach News Journal– exploring my high school’s epic “Fighting Sandcrab” mascot: Feel the Pinch? That Only Tells Half of the Seabreeze Sandcrabs’ Story....
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Sunset Over Boardman Pond and the Ormond Loop; Seeking Balance
Bulow Creek State Park, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (29 June 2014). As I type this, August 2014 has already rolled into town. I’m not even sure what happened to July; it came and went so...
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Nephila clavipes, the Golden Silk Orbweaver, in Ormond Beach, Florida; 02...
Nephila clavipes, the Golden silk orbweaver spider, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (02 August 2014). Expect a series of quickfire posts in the next few days — specifically of the arachnid...
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Neoscona domiciliorum, the Redfemured Spotted Orbweaver, in Ormond Beach,...
Neoscona domiciliorum, the Redfemured spotted orbweaver, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (01 August 2014). In this post, we have two similar species of Neoscona orb weavers commonly seen...
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Neoscona crucifera, the Hentz’s Orbweaver Spider, in Ormond Beach, Florida;...
Neoscona crucifera, the Hentz’s orbweaver spider, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (02 August 2014). In this post, we’re flipping the two Neoscona species featured in our last post. Here we see...
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Anisomorpha buprestoides, the Southern Two-striped Walking Stick, in Ormond...
Anisomorpha buprestoides, the Southern two-striped walking stick, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (08 August 2014). As I’ve noted before on Dust Tracks, we don’t have nearly the population...
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Back to the Now; Also: A Cuban Treefrog!
Osteopilus septentrionalis, the Cuban treefrog, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (08 August 2014). Text Okay, so the last few weeks have been somewhat chaotic and messed up (hence the short...
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Ascia monuste, the Great Southern White, in Ormond Beach, Florida; 30 June 2014
Ascia monuste, the Great southern white, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (30 June 2014). The Great southern white (Ascia monuste) is a lovely little butterfly of Family Pieridae. The species...
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Coluber constrictor priapus, the Southern Black Racer, in Ormond Beach,...
Coluber constrictor priapus, the Southern black racer, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (30 August 2014). Click images to enlarge. It’s September, folks, and September is the month of my birth!...
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Green is the Colour… of Fall!
Hyla cinerea, the American green treefrog (young), photographed in Volusia county, Florida (24 September 2014). September seems to be winding down, and October looms just around the corner. Pretty...
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At Last, an Eastern Spadefoot Toad!
Scaphiopus holbrookii, the Eastern spadefoot toad, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (27 September 2014). This past weekend, I came across a tiny amphibian that’s been on my WANT-list for quite...
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An Antlion at Bulow Creek State Park in Ormond Beach, Florida
Glenurus gratus, the Antlion, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (01 August 2014). Image from panoramio.com/photo/73545341. When I was a kid growing up in Florida, I loved messing with antlion...
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Tibicen resonans, the Southern Resonant Cicada, in Ormond Beach, Florida; 10...
Tibicen resonans, the Southern resonant cicada, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (10 October 2014). 2014 has certainly proven to be a thin year on the cicada front; we simply haven’t had much...
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Megalopyge opercularis, the Southern Flannel Moth, in Ormond Beach, Florida;...
Megalopyge opercularis, the Southern flannel moth, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (15 October 2014). We’re starting to bag some lovely cold fronts here in central Florida. Of course, in...
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Winding down 2014; Gearing up for 2015
Diadophis punctatus punctatus, the Southern ringneck snake, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (28 December 2014). And so –at long last– 2014 is finally starting to wind down. Honestly, thank...
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Bulow Creek State Park in Volusia county, Florida; 04 January 2015
During a lovely respite from the Floridian winter chill, on 04 January 2015 I headed east a few miles to the Colonel Thomas H. Dummett Sugar and Rum Processing Factory Ruins on the southern end of...
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Neoscona crucifera, Hentz’s orbweaver spider, in Ormond Beach, Florida; 26...
Neoscona crucifera, Hentz’s orbweaver spider, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (26 June 2014). When one thinks of summer in Florida, images of the sun-baked beach may spring to mind. Or maybe...
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