The adult moth is light brown with a wing expanse of 1 3/4 inches. View the azalea caterpillar here! ←Back to Moths! READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeThe adult female is reddish-orange in color, and about 3/4 to 1 inch (18 to 25 mm) in length. The forewing has a small white spot, a dark line, and numerous dark speckles. The hind wings are pale, and have an indistinct line. Anisota ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeThe adult wingspan is 75 to 105 mm. Adult luna moths are large green moths with a long tail on each hind wing and discal eyespots on both the fore and hind wings. The luna moth is univoltine (one generation) from Michigan northward, bivoltine ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeThe stout-bodied adult moths are tan to buff-brown in color, with two darker, thin parallel lines extending across the mid-portion of each forewing, the area between often being dark and appearing as a single, broad, dark band. The wingspread ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeThe Golden Silk Spider, also known as the Golden Orb or Banana Spider, is found throughout Florida and the southeastern United States. The female is distinctively colored, and is among the largest orb-weaving spiders in the country. The female ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeThe spiny orb-weaver spider is one of the most colorful and easily recognized spiders in Florida. The dorsum of the abdomen is usually white with black spots and large red spines on the margin. Females are 5 mm to 10 mm long and 10 mm to 14 ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeWolf spiders belong to the family Lycosidae. They are very common and usually found on the ground, where they are well-camouflaged. (more…) READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeLes Harrison Ag & Natural Resources Agent County Extension Director UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Certainly, Sleeping Beauty’s narcoleptic respite was secured by this plant. It is the very image of a noxious bramble that would be conjured ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesCrab spiders are so named because they hold their legs to the side in a crab-like fashion. They are commonly 5 mm to 10 mm long. These spiders do not spin webs, but wait in ambush on flowers and foliage for their insect prey. Crab spiders such ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeCarpenter ants are large ants that nest in hollows of wood. The nest is usually associated with wood decay or termite damage in a house. Outdoors, carpenter ants nest in mulch or debris. The Florida carpenter ant is colored red and black. Carpenter ... READ MORE
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