November 6, 2024

I am an Orchard Orbweaver

Tetragnathidae is my family name

My web doesn't have as many radii

As other orbweavers, but some traits are the same. 

Location: Private residence, Blountstown, FL

Sources: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/MISC/SPIDERS/Leucauge-argyrobapta.html

https://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/spiders/longjawed/longjawed.htm

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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November 5, 2024

We are Northern Leaf-footed bugs

We are healthy cause we eat our veggies

Humans get blue 

Cause we eat their veggies too

We'll even eat buds, shoots and berries.

Location: Private residence, Blountstown, FL

Sources: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/projex/gallery/dl/Vegetable_Pests_II/text/leaf-footed_bugs.htm

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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November 4, 2024

I am an immature Cardinal 

I've bad hair and haven't grown into my beak

I look like I fought a lawn mower

And lost my composure

But mom says I'm beautifully unique.

Note:  Click the link below to check out my favorite cartoonist's take on Cardinals, and come hear her talk at the opening key note of the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in January.  Registration is open now!

Location: Private residence, Blountstown, FL

Sources: https://rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-and-moon/know-your-northern-cardinals

https://scbwa.net/keynotes/

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November 3, 2024

I am known as a Phaon Crescent

I mostly live in the south

Occasionally I can be found in Nebraska

But I prefer warmer climes, no doubt!

Location: Private residence, Blountstown, FL

Sources: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/phaon_crescent.htm

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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November 2, 2024

I am known as a Red-banded Hairstreak

Hairstreak refers to the two-little tails

That flutter at the bottom of my hind wings

As I fly over hills and dales.

Location: Private residence, Blountstown, FL

Sources: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/redbanded_hairstreak.htm

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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November 1, 2024

I am known as a Green Treefrog

I like to live where there are Cattails and grasses

My mate and I can make

Over 400 eggs

Which in 5 days become Treefrog lads and lasses.

Location: Private residence, Blountstown, FL

Sources: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Hyla_cinerea/

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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October 31, 2024

I am a female Arrowhead Orbweaver

Personally, I'm mostly red with a yellow shield

But my shield, legs and carapace color can vary

My mate is small, boring, and rarely revealed.

Location: Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC

Sources: https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/arrowhead-spider-triangle-orbweaver

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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