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The sweet life
#Bees #StingsandWings #Invertebrates #NativePlants #EvergladesNationalPark #SharkValley
March 7, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Yesterday we met the Wooly Caterpillar which is also known later as the Salt Marsh Moth (Estigmene acrea). Looks like they are dispersing seeds! Stateofthestateparks.com
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November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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This is our first time meeting this Woodlands Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides) What a cutie!
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October 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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While visiting Denver we ran into this Native Hunts Bee (Bombus huntii) on this (Pontechium maculatum) we think…? Such a cool bee!!🤯 🐝
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June 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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This Big pod ceanothus (Ceanothus megacarpus) was gorgeous! The honey bees agree!
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March 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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This Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum) had a Western Malifera visitor! She was a very excited Bee! Stateofthestateparks.com
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#wildwonder 🐝
May 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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This Western Honey bee (Apis mellifera) paused briefly for this photo on his way to this gorgeous Matilla Poppy (Romneya coulteri)!❤️❤️
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May 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Tattered, worn, drinking and swaying in the hell strip. I feel you, Wildness.

#InvertiFest #Invertebrates #Butterflies #NativePlants #Gardening #Rewilding #Conservation #StingsandWings
August 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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This beautiful Monarch..(Danaus plexippus) on this native Buck Wheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) made our little nature hearts sing! Stateofthestateparks.com
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August 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Yesterday this little fella hung with us for a few hours! Introducing the Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus). Such a sweet looking individual!🥰
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May 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The nectar bar is hopping in #EvergladesNationalPark today. #NativePlants #Naturalists🌿 🦋 #Bees #StingsandWings
March 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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We were not the only ones who thought this Bladder pod (Cleomella arborea) was gorgeous! This western honey Bee (Apis mellifera) agreed!
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April 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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We are not sure what type of Chrysopa this is but they sure are a cutie!! Aka the Green lacewing!🥰❤️ Stateofthestateparks.com
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July 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Moe saw this beauty this morning! Introducing Nymphalis antiopa aka The Mourning Cloak! 🥰 Gorgeous! 🙌🏻Stateofthestateparks.com
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May 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Well hello Mr Burying beetle (Nicrophorus marginatus) we’ve never met! Nice art on ye old back!
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July 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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We think this might be a Tiger bee fly or a Xenox Habrosus any ideas? Stateofthestateparks.com
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July 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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#Wasps #Inverts #StingsandWings
A Great Golden Digger
December 7, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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New Episode out! Season 2 begins! We start with a Bee specialist from Xerces! So much bee Knowledge! 🥰🐝 This is a Brown Belted Bumblebee (Bombus griseocollis) perched on Echinacea!
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August 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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This Desert wishbone bush (Mirabilis laevis) must have had a secret sauce on it, because this native Black Tailed Bumble (Bombus melanopygus) was going nuts for it!
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April 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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We saw this Native Brown Belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)when we visited NJ last month. What a cool little dude!🥰❤️🍀
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July 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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These western honey bees were a “buzz” with this Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii)! Leave some for the natives little dudes! 👀❤️👏🏻🥰
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#bees
June 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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This Monarch in all its beauty only allowed us this one brief photo. We understand.. thank you for the quick shot! @Santiago oaks reg park CA
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April 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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I’m not sure how to feel about this bee. There were plenty of other flowers, but it almost knocked the Gray Hairstreak off this one.
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July 22, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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While on a hike we noticed this group of Splendid Mariposa Lillies (Calochortus splendens) each with a sleeping Bee on them! ❤️ Stateofthestateparks.com
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a sleeping western honey bee passed out on a spending pink mariposa lily
May 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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While in Denver we went out looking for Native bees. Instead we found this beautiful Toxomerus marginatus, also known as the Margined Calligrapher Fly! Nice to meet you! 🥰Stateofthestateparks.com
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June 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM