Sunday, September 28, 2025

September 28, 2025

I am called Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver
But the black is a caudal tubercle, not a tail
It is where you would expect a tail to be
But when I try to wag it, it's just a twerk fail.

Location: John C. Campbell Folk School

Sources: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153676-Florinda-coccinea

Photo and text © 2025 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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