Southeastern Blueberry Bee

Here’s something to buzz about. These Southern Blueberry Bees (Habropoda laboriosa) use a technique called “buzz pollination,” in which their buzzing allows tightly held pollen on the anthers of rabbiteye blueberries to loosen. These bees are most active in spring and are easily recognized by their large size and loud buzzing. Of course, they don’t just eat blueberry pollen. Here they are on some scarlet milkweed. You can attract these and other native bees by using native flowering plants in your landscaping. 

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Other Insects

Other Insects

Black Bee Killer and Batesian Mimicry

Black Soldier Fly

Blue-Green Weevil

Brazilian Skipper/Caterpillar

Brunner’s Mantis aka Northern Grass Mantis

Dark Flower Scarab Beetle

Eastern Grasshopper Lubber

Florida Harvester Ant

Florida Woods Cockroach

Garden Flea Hopper

Giant Leaf-footed Bug

Hanging Crane Fly

Hanging Thief Robber Fly

Hover Fly

June Bug

Katydid

Ladybug

Lightning Bug

Little Brown Cicada

Long-Tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp

Lovebug

Mosquito

Palmetto Tortoise Beetle Larva

Red Velvet Ant

Saltmarsh Caterpillar

Shield-Backed Bug

Summer Fishfly

The Milkweed Assassin

Two Striped Walking Stick

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Sealife

Sealife

Blacktip Shark

Bottlenose Dolphin

Coral Reef

Dolphin

Giant Manta Ray

Great White Shark

Green Sea Turtle

Horse Conch

Portuguese Man o’ War

Sailfin Molly

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Crustaceans

Florida Crustaceans

Blue Crab

Fiddler Crabs

Sand Crabs

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Reptiles (Reptilia)

Reptiles

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Arachnids

Florida Arachnids

Banana Spider

Banded Garden Spider

Black and Yellow Garden Spider

Black-Tailed Red Sheet Weaver

Dewdrop Spider

Giant Whip Scorpion

Golden Silk Orb Weaver

Green Lynx Spider

Mabel Orchard Orb Weaver

Northern Crab Spider

Red Widow Spider

Red-femured Spotted Orbweaver Spider

Regal Jumping Spider

Silver Garden Orbweaver

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Mammals (Land)

Mammals (Land)

American Mink

Bobcat

Brazilian Free-tailed Bat

Coyote

Eastern Cottontail

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Eastern Spotted Skunk

Florida Bonneted Bat

Florida Cracker Horse

Florida mouse

Gray Fox

Hispid Cotton Rat

Key Deer

Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit

Marsh Rabbit

Nine-banded armadillo

Opossum

Raccoon

River Otter

Southern Fox Squirrel

White-tailed Deer

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