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mossworm.bsky.social
I was sad so I went to the native plant nursery and got more plants to add to my pikmin level. The coontie absolutely looks like a gamecube asset
My garden including a coontie cycad, surrounded by bricks with a gap for little animals
October 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
mossworm.bsky.social
hello colony of extremely giga rare tropical butterflies which lives next to parking garage. nice to see you too
Atala butterfly is black with neon blue spots and a red abdomen, laying eggs on coontie cycad Atala butterfly is black with neon blue sports and a red abdomen, also perching on coontie cycad
August 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
Coontie seeds, an ancient cycad native to North America. We have maybe twenty in the yard.
January 7, 2024 at 6:04 PM
bobwmfl.bsky.social
Fresh spring growth! Zamia integrifolia (Coontie). 🌱 #Plants #MyGarden
May 14, 2026 at 6:07 PM
keithspencerphotog.bsky.social
Monday an Atala butterfly - once thought extinct but now doing well as more people plant native coontie here in south Florida. #MacroMonday #butterfly #nature #insects #EastCoastKin
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
milkpinkk.bsky.social
Serving COONTIE
March 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
bobwmfl.bsky.social
More Atala #butterflies on the way! (Eumaeus atala) I counted 18 #caterpillars on one small coontie plant (Zamia integrifolia) this morning. It’s almost totally defoliated now, but that’s why I grow them. More leaves will come out before too long. 🌱 #MyGarden #Insects #Cycads
October 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
keithspencerphotog.bsky.social
#MacroMonday Atala #Butterfly south #Florida was once thought extinct due to significant loss of its host plant, Coontie. A true gem of our local ecosystem! #insect #nature #naturephotography
February 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
bobwmfl.bsky.social
Like all #cycads, the coontie, Florida’s only native cycad, has separate male and female plants. Cycads have cones instead of flowers. On the left is a 9cm female coontie cone, with a pollen-laden 15cm male cone on the rt. Beetles and other insects are the pollinators. (See Alt) 🌱 #Plants #MyGarden
A female cone of a coontie (Zamia floridana or Z. Integrifolia). The reddish-brown oval shaped cone is about 3.5 inches (9 cm) high. Coonties are the host plant for the rare Atala butterfly. The seeds will be a vivid red-orange color. A male cone of a coontie (Zamia floridana or Z. Integrifolia). The brown cylindrical cone is about 6 inches (16 cm) high. Coonties are the host plant for the rare Atala butterfly. Lots of light yellow pollen is visible here. It will be carried to the female cone by beetles and other insects.
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
gidget.bsky.social
Everyday I am more amazed. They will be going into their cocoons any time now. 🌱🦋
A coontie plant with dozens of Atala caterpillars clinging to one leaf.
May 11, 2026 at 1:41 AM
bobwmfl.bsky.social
The Atala #butterfly (Eumaeus atala) is one of the joys of living in South Florida. Once thought to be extinct, it has made a comeback in part due to gardeners planting its only host plant, the coontie (Zamia integrifolia). Here are the 4 life stages: eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, and adult. 🌱
The adult Atala butterfly, with a wingspan of only about 2inches, has a jet black head, thorax, and wings, and a vivid red-orange abdomen. The wings are spotted with pale iridescent blue. These tiny white Atala eggs are about the size of a pinhead. They are laid on the underside of the leaves of the coontie, the only cycad native to the USA. We have planted dozens of cooties to attract the diminutive but strikingly beautiful Atalas. Zoom in for surprising details on the eggs. These vivid orange Atala caterpillars with yellow spots are busy feeding on the leaves of a coontie (Zamia integrifolia). They are about 3/4 inch (2cm) long. The eggs are laid on the underside of the leaves, and the caterpillars don’t stray far away. They feed, and will later also attach their chrysalises to the undersides of the leaves. Here are several Atala chrysalises attached to the undersides of coontie leaves. The bright orange and yellow colors of the caterpillars have given way to duller orange-brown chrysalises with cream colored spots. Notice how the leaves have been chewed up by the caterpillars.
June 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
gidget.bsky.social
My Atala butterflies have become prolific. ☺️

I have 3 coontie plants (the sole host plant, and native to South Florida, for the Atala butterfly) covered with caterpillars. This is my 3rd “clutch” since January and previously they only showed up each June.
A coontie plant, native to South Florida, covered in Atala butterfly caterpillars. A clusia shrub with an adult Atala butterfly on one of its leaves. Adult Atala butterfly laying her eggs on a coontie shrub.
May 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
suzannee43.bsky.social
Stock photo of a Coontie palm (Zamia pumila) as mine lost all its fronds during the January freeze. The seed pods resemble slender pine cones, sort of. When cut in half, the resulting seed distribution is fascinating.
#patternsinnature #Zamiapumila #CoontiePalm
February 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
kevinmurk.bsky.social
An Atala butterfly in Florida, USA once thought to be extinct.🌱🦋
Atala Butterfly, Atala Hairstreak, Coontie Hairstreak, Eumaeus atala Poey 1832 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on a Sweet Almond Bush, Aloysia virgata
July 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
bobwmfl.bsky.social
The #Atala #butterflies (Eumaeus atala) have been busy! These pupae are hanging from its only host plant, the #FloridaNativePlant #coontie (Zamia integrifolia), the only native #cycad in the continental US. Atalas were once thought to be extinct. 🌱 #Plants #Insects #Butterfly #MyGarden
May 27, 2026 at 11:19 PM
bobwmfl.bsky.social
Multiple #Atala #butterflies (Eumaeus atala) emerging today from their chrysalises hanging from its only host plant, the #FloridaNativePlant #coontie (Zamia integrifolia), the only native #cycad in the continental US. Atalas were once thought to be extinct. 🌱 #Plants #Insects #Butterfly #MyGarden
June 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
craigtimes.bsky.social
The atala butterfly, once thought to be extinct, is now back in #Florida and thriving. Climate change may allow it to expand its territory www.news-press.com/story/news/e... via @kmillerweather.bsky.social
A Florida butterfly was thought extinct. Now it's thriving | Exclusive
Garden plantings of native coontie helped fuel a quiet rebound, with sightings now spreading north and peaking in Florida’s summer months.
www.news-press.com
July 9, 2026 at 1:08 AM
lynnebaybee.bsky.social
#bluebugs
Atala butterfly/chrysalis on Coontie plant.
January 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
capitationfavor.bsky.social
Atala butterflies, a rare butterfly endemic to S.E. FL and the caribbean once thought to be lost from FL and endangered.

These are from my pollinator garden and they are 2 of 5 born today. See picture for more information on Atalas,

🌱 #pollinatorgarden #Atala #nativeplantsandhabitats
These are Atala butterflies once thought to be gone and endangered from FL due habit loss and specifically host plant destruction. In 1959 they were rediscovered in FL and removed from the Federal list of endangered species. They are still very rare and threatened by loss of their only host plant, the Coontie palm. About 6 mths ago, I started bringing caterpillars home with me from my mom's building. They had tons of Coonties and they were full of Atala cats. I pleased to say it worked. I now have wild born Atalas in my pollinator garden. These pictures are just 2 of the 5 born today. And, I have another Coontie palms full of caterpillars. So yay me, yay for the butterflies, and yay for native plants. Plant FL native plants, trees, shrubs, wildflowers, etc and lets save our pollinators. a small Atala butterfly on a Coontie palm. The butterfly has black wings with iridescent blue spots and a red/orange body a small Atala butterfly on a Coontie palm. The butterfly has black wings with iridescent blue spots and a red/orange body
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
videotroph.bsky.social
Coontie seeds are wild & I love them.
January 13, 2024 at 12:43 AM
mossworm.bsky.social
I went to check on the plants I secretly planted by the dumpster. One pawpaw died but the other looks quite happy! Baby coontie is also still chugging along and Wild Lime is COVERED in baby wormies. Maybe too many wormies. I took two wormies to add to my existing wormy production system at the house
Pawpaw sapling is about 2.5 feet tall and looks healthy frond of a small Coontie cycad in fallen leaves Two caterpillars and one egg of Giant Swallowtail butterfly on Wild Lime plant
June 22, 2024 at 5:49 PM
hellabarnes.bsky.social
The archaeological consensus is that there is no evidence of contact between the Bahamian Lucayan Taino and the people of Florida.

Botanists, meanwhile, are sure that coontie (Zamia integrifolia) was introduced to Florida from the Bahamas by people
hellabarnes.bsky.social Scott 𐚁 🦇 Cave 🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · Dec 12
do you ever think about how sweet potatoes left South America well before 1492?
By analyzing the DNA of 1,245 sweet potato varieties from Asia and the Americas, researchers have found a genetic smoking gun that proves the root vegetable made it all the way to Polynesia from the Andes - nearly 400 years before Inca gold was a twinkle in Ferdinand and Isabella's eyes.
December 12, 2023 at 2:32 PM
wolpard.bsky.social
Some lepidopteran coworkers.
A large owl butterfly (Caligo sp.) sits upright on a water bottle on a wooden surface. Beside it is a small Atala/coontie hairstreak butterfly (Eumaeus atala) sitting on the wood surface. The owl butterfly dwarfs the Atala significantly.
October 17, 2024 at 11:36 PM
limecornchip.bsky.social
*fronds

it's a zamia cycad, specifically a coontie.
June 23, 2026 at 11:34 AM
ginnystibolt.bsky.social
Coontie (Zamia integrifolia), a cycad native to Florida has an interesting history. Despite the toxins, the fat underground stems were used by indigenous peoples to produce a starch. Later, it was over-harvested to make Animal Crackers.
Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2026/06/coon...
Photo of a hand holding a fat underground stem of a plant. There are 3 coumpound leaves sprouting from one end of the stem & some small roots from the bottom. A cement driveway is in the background. Text says, "Underground stem of a coontie (Zamia integrifolia)"
June 11, 2026 at 12:09 PM