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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

While hunting bumblebees, I noticed a soldier beetle allowing a closeup. #beetles #bugsky #insects #macro #inverts #nature #wildlife #ECK

An orange beetle with black wings and median black strip on its dorsal thorax. Black antennae and orange and black legs . Perched on a white flower with a green background

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Long-tailed skippers are frequently seen now, often displaying or chasing each other. This one was on the native plant, wild coffee #skippers #pollinators #bugsky #butterflies #insects #ECK 🦋 #macro 🌿

A mostly brown butterfly with cream wing markings and a central axis of bluish feather-like structures. (Urbanus proteus). Displaying on the green leaves of a native plant, wild coffee.

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm still trying to document all of the native bees that show up in my yard, but I ran across a western honeybee that was so focused on it's work that it let me take a shot with no zoom. #macro #honeybees #pollinators #bugsky #nature #bees #inverts #insects #ECK 🐝

A fuzzy brown western honey bee is attached to a white flower. In the background are green plant leaves

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Caught a common plant pest stinkbug (upside down) in the act of inserting its stylet into the fruit of a Vitex plant in order to drain plant juices. #bugsky #insects #nature #wildlife #ECK #gardening 🐜 🌎

A stinkbug with pale yellow-green body and legs shown upside down sucking juices out of Vitex plant fruits (yellowspheres).

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm seeing lots of large bees right now. I'm attempting cell phone shots with no zoom, so I've bumped into quite a few bees and the large ones are very forgiving. This is a male eastern carpenter bee on a horsemint flower. #bees 🐝🌿 #pollinators #bugsky #insects #ECK #nature #wildlife #nativeplants

A large mostly black bee with a fuzzy yellow back and also dusted with grains of pollen on it's wing. It is sitting on spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata) The bee is an Eastern Carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica)

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Red-banded hairstreaks made an appearance today doing hairstreak things. 🦋 #nature #wildlife #bugsky #insects #pollinators #butterflies #hairstreaks #eck

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

From earlier today, a palamedes swallowtail on a cardinal flower. Posting for #redWed Plenty of vivid colors to see. #wildflowers #nativeplants #nature #wildlife 🌿🦋 #butterflies #swallowtails #ECK #bugsky Should I show a video of how frenetic this species is when feeding?

A black swallowtail butterfly with vivid yellow, browns, and oranges. Visiting a bright red cardinal flower

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

From earlier today: this cute little guy may unfortunately be an invasive Cuban tree frog.They not only compete with the native frogs, but actually consume them too. The adults get rather large. 🐸 #herps #invasivespecies 🌎 #frogs #nature #wildlife #amphibians 🌿

a small bronze colored frog with large eyes with a light stripe running to the posterior from it's eye. Shown on green background of leaves.

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A nice combination of colors from some natives species. Cloudless sulphur (with interesting patterns) on a cardinal flower, with a snow squarestem in the corner #butterflies #insects #nature #nativeplants #pollinators 🌿🦋 🌼 #bugsky #ECK #flowers

A large yellow butterfly with small brownish markings on bright red flowers with green foliage in the background

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A video of a gulf fritillary on a snow squarestem flower from this AM. I find the colors and textures amazing. 🦋🌻 #invertefest #bugsky #butterflies #nature #wildflowers #ECK #insects #wildlife #nativeplants I highly recommend this plant to attract bees and butterflies

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

For #inverteFest a Largus bug. I thought the angle of the sun showed off textures you might not normally see. #bugsky #nature #invertebrates 🌿 🐝 #ECK #wildlife #insects

A brown insect with orange trim and orange legs transitioning into black. With black antennae. On a green leaf background

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is my handsome best friend and a neighborhood favorite. Also the best dog of many I've owned or known. #dogsky #dogsofbluesky #nationaldogsday #worlddogday #Pomeranian

A handsome Buff colored dog is exiting his crate, fully alert.

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's that time of year: an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Liatris wildflower. 🦋🌿 #wildflowers #nativeplants #bugsky #insects #butterflies #nature #wildlife #ECK

Large yellow butterfly with black trim and blue spots on the hindwing. On a purple wildflower

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Possible orange-legged furrow bee (a sweat bee) on a native snow squarestem flower 🐝 💮 #bugsky #insects #nature #nativeplants #wildflowers #bees #ECK

a sweat bee with orange legs and a striped abdomen is sitting atop a white snow squarestem flower.

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My yard has a canopy of oak and very tall pines. I check the understory of viburnums and azaleas to remove any fallen branches and was about to grab a dark branch and noticed scales. I saw the black racer head 18 inches away from my eyes. It seemed relaxed. 🐍 #herps #nature #ECK #wildlife #snakes

Black racer body supported by viburnum branches

A seemingly relaxed black racer about 7 feet high in viburnum branches

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Zebra longwing on a Tithonia flower. Is it just me or does it look like the butterfly is about to blow out candles on a birthday cake? 🦋🏵️ #butterflies #bugsky #nature #wildlife #insects #ECK

A black butterfly with long wings that have pale yellow lines . Sitting on a Tithonia flower head with the gray bark of an oak tree in the background and green sunflower leaves in the foreground.

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Seen on a breezy day, a carpenter bee on snow squarestem (AKA salt and pepper) #wildflower #nativeplants #nature #bees #bugsky #insects 🌿🐝🌼#ECK The first large bee I've seen since March

A large black carpenter bee on a white flower. The green leaves of the plant are in the background

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Whenever the Spanish needle wildflowers show up,so do the hairstreaks (and all other nectaring butterflies). This is a red-banded hairstreak. #butterflies #nature #bugsky #insects #ECK #wildlife 🌎🦋 #pollinators #wildflowers

A mostly grey butterfly with orange-red bands on its wings

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I'm growing white swamp milkweed in containers and noticed a Queen butterfly and a Monarch hovering around them. I've never seen a queen caterpillar, but It looks as though the monarch was the winner, and it's hard to be disappointed #bugsky #monarch #caterpillars #nature #ECK #insects #butterfly 🦋🐛

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Since it's #tongueoutTuesday look for the hummingbird tongue dangling into the liquid in the clear reservoir part of the feeder below. A purely accidental capture. #hummingbird #ECK #birds #nature #photography

A hummingbird is sitting at a red feeder with a clear reservoir below. The birds tongue is dangling into the liquid below, visible in the air gap.

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

White peacock butterfly, which are often seen in late summer at my location. Most often seen in conjunction with the wetland emergent larval host plant, Bacopa (water hyssop) I've read that males will defend territory. #butterflies 🦋 #nature #wildlife #bugsky #ECK #insects

A white peacock butterfly with white/gray coloring and shades of brown markings at the wing margins (Anartia jatrophae)

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Even though they are not a native plant (but not invasive), I start Tithonia indoors each spring. Butterflies seem to find them irresistible. #monarch #butterfies #nature #bugsky #insects #ECK #flowers

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This beauty spends its days on the top of a window frame ledge, climbing down to spend its nights on a kitchen window below, where there's a great insect buffet. #frogs #herps 🐸 #nature #ECK #amphibians American Green Tree Frog

A green frog is shown resting on a grey surface facing to the left. There is a white stripe with dark margins running along its side from its mouth lengthwise to its posterior

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Trumpet Creeper, a colorful Florida vine visited frequently by hummingbirds. #wildflowers #nativeplants #nature #ECK #bloomscrolling #flowers #Florida #vines

Two bright orange trumpet-shaped flowers are shown against a leafy green background. Campsis radicans

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Cassius blue, a thumbnail size butterfly I believe to be at the northern edge of its range. Difficult to find stationary. Often seen on plumbago plants. #butterflies #pollinators #bugsky #insects #ECK #nature 🦋

A tan butterfly with two eye spots and brown markings

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A gentian family member, the Shortleaf rosegentian, found in moist soils. #wildflowers #nativeplants #nature #ECK #bloomscrolling #flowers #Florida

A wildflower with white petals and Iridescent green/yellow center, typical of many in the genus Sabatia . (Sabatia brevifolia)

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Another entry for #butterflyweek A giant swallowtail visiting a Bidens flower. #pollinators #bugsky #nature #butterflies 🦋 #insects #ECK

A large yellow butterfly with a yellow body with creamy yellow wings with blue, black, and rust markings. Papilio cresphontes Note the yellow center on the hind wing tail.

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

From today, a Gulf Fritillary visiting a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). I never realized how much like an eye the markings resemble. Maybe enough for a predator to hesitate. #butterflyweek #pollinators #bugsky #nature #flowers #butterflies #ECK #insects

A butterfly resting on an flower with a bright yellow center and orange petals. The butterfly has various patterns of orange and brown interspersed with white/silvery markings

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

For #butterflyweek a pipevine swallowtail coming in for a landing on a Bidens flower. These are tough to miss when they're flying. #pollinators #bugsky #butterflies #nature #insects #ECK

A dark swallowtail butterfly with a brilliant blue dorsal hindwing is landing on a white flower. The background blurred grasses.

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I am mesmerized with the symmetry of the forming buds of what I believe is a Nuttall's thistle. The open flowers are pretty amazing too, but not a flower you would care to pick. #nativeplants #wildflowers #symmetry #nature #ECK #thistles #Florida

The symmetry of thistle buds is displayed with alternating green and grey segments distributed evenly about the central axis. Cirsium nuttallii, Nuttall's thistle

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Largeflower Rosegentian found in a moist area of North Florida I had access to. It was always a wonderful moment to see them in bloom, #wildflowers #nativeplants #nature #stunday #ECK #bloomscrolling #flowers

A large pink flower with 5 large petals with a vivid yellow start shaped center highlighted by a dark pink border. Sabatia grandiflora. A blurred green background of grasses.

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The native plant, halberd-leaf rosemallow has been blooming for a few weeks now. Obviously a member of the hibiscus family. #wildflowers #nativeplants #nature #ECK #bloomscrolling #flowers 🌺

A large pink flower with a dark maroon center is shown against it's green leaves. Muenchhusia laevis

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

For todays' #BirdOfTheDay Black-bellied whistling ducks in my backyard, a pair of very noisy #Quackers #nature #wildlife #birds #ECK #Birdphotography

A pair of large brown ducks with pink legs and black bellies are shown. One is looking at the camera and one with a large black crest is looking away Black-bellied whistling ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis)

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Blooming now, a morning glory called Grandpa Ott. I bought seeds over a decade ago and it shows up every summer in a new spot, and I'm glad it does. No editing has been done to this photo taken with a cell phone. #morningglory #flowers #nature #ECK #bloomscrolling 🌼

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Prior to planting native plants in my yard, I never realized how important wasps were as pollinators. My contribution to World Pollinator Week is a scoliid wasp that was visiting a cutleaf coneflower. #pollinatorweek #nature #wildlife #nativeplants #wildflowess #bugsky #insects #ECK #wasps

A likely feather-legged scoliid wasp with lots of fine hairs on its black and yellow body is on the flower of a native coneflower, which has a greenish center with multiple yellow petals

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A spreading volunteer in my yard for the last several years has been the helmet skullcap. I always flag them as soon as I notice them sprouting so they won't be mowed. #wildflowers #nativeplants #nature #ECK #flowers #bloomscrolling #nature

A lavender wildflower is shown with multiple blossoms coming off a central stalk. Each flower has a white central midrib. The green background is formed by grasses. Scutellaria intergrifolia

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Aphids lined up on the stem of a white swamp milkweed seed pod. #bugsky #insects #nature #wildlife #milkweed #ECK #macro

Small yellow aphids with black appendages are lined up on a white swamp milkweed seed pod stem. The green seed pod is oriented from the center of the frame downward

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I've been babysitting a Vanda orchid for a neighbor since last fall. It spent part of the winter in my garage which I think traumatized it. Since it's been raining lately , it decided to show off a few blossoms. #vanda #orchids #bloomscrolling #ECK #flowers

A Vanda orchid is centered in the photo that has a yellowish center blending into purple at the outer edges. Hanging on a hook with its roots and leaves in the background and two unopened buds in the upper right.

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Jim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Showy milkwort, I plant I found in moist, but not wet, open areas. It has an odd flower shape and I had difficulty photographing it due to my camera inexperience. #nature #wildflowers #nativeplants #ECK #bloomscrolling #flowersonbluesky Attracts #bees as its pollinator.

An odd-shaped flower of showy milkwort is shown with pink and purple portions. Above the bottom blossom is a lateral view of another flower and further up the stem to the left is an unopened bud. There is a green background of the milkwort's leaves and other grasses. (Asemeia grandiflora)

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