tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post4895017136296810377..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: Blueberry Blossom BugsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-56627520147580088612008-03-12T19:20:00.000-05:002008-03-12T19:20:00.000-05:00Sophie and Doug,I am beholding.Somewhere a long ti...Sophie and Doug,<BR/>I am beholding.<BR/>Somewhere a long time ago I got the idea that skippers were "skipper moths" and it stuck.<BR/><BR/>Sharon,<BR/>Plant blueberry bushes. They provide pancakes and insect photos!<BR/>:)R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-18261751982546294342008-03-12T05:12:00.000-05:002008-03-12T05:12:00.000-05:00Skippers have been lumped with the butterflies (an...Skippers have been lumped with the butterflies (and many folks, including me, still treat them as butterflies). A lot of specialists now treat them as a third distinct group.Doug Taronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537881828742937167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-33589932652532893932008-03-12T01:57:00.000-05:002008-03-12T01:57:00.000-05:00Mmmm...I'm thinking pancakes...Great pics :) If I ...Mmmm...I'm thinking pancakes...<BR/><BR/>Great pics :) If I lived where you do, I'd be in Heaven, photographically speaking.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187791347178229107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-19189147503242667912008-03-11T23:06:00.000-05:002008-03-11T23:06:00.000-05:00Hey! My word verification is bzhbug. 8-]Super job ...Hey! My word verification is bzhbug. 8-]<BR/><BR/>Super job capturing the flighty creatures! I think Doug is right about the skipper. Duskywing was my first thought, as well.<BR/><BR/>I hope we beat the critters to some blueberries this year. I've been filling in with those Chilean imports. 8-\SophieMaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09396958301555933308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-43649823367085361912008-03-11T22:12:00.000-05:002008-03-11T22:12:00.000-05:00Doug, Thanks for the information. Oops on the skip...Doug, <BR/>Thanks for the information. <BR/>Oops on the skipper, I thought they were a type of moth.<BR/><BR/>Dani,<BR/>I have a bunch of the wild low growing pawpaws here. Maybe that's why I have so many SWT's.<BR/><BR/>Jane, <BR/>Glad you enjoyed them. Spring is creeping in down here.<BR/><BR/>FLboy,<BR/>It may be from not looking. I'm not really an insect guy.<BR/>I did see a sulfur and a few black swallowtails today.<BR/><BR/><BR/>ThreeCollie,<BR/>Hooray!<BR/>Got another one you'll like today.<BR/>Soon come.<BR/><BR/>Robin,<BR/>I can't picture a red tail bee. I think we must not have them here.<BR/>Glad this post brought some spring your way.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Laura,<BR/>Flyagra maybe.<BR/>There never seem to be any extras! Even on the bumper years. We just eat them by the handful.<BR/><BR/>Alan,<BR/>You go first.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-66789115582670090982008-03-11T18:39:00.000-05:002008-03-11T18:39:00.000-05:00How do you check the sex of a butterfly? You lift...How do you check the sex of a butterfly? You lift their skirts, of course...Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649597561490835413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-4207343048096303202008-03-11T11:47:00.000-05:002008-03-11T11:47:00.000-05:00I agree about the racing stripes also. I wonder wh...I agree about the racing stripes also. I wonder who her sponsor is? ;)<BR/><BR/>Hope you get enough berries to freeze as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-78181157704603713932008-03-11T10:49:00.000-05:002008-03-11T10:49:00.000-05:00That swallowtail is absolutely beautiful, fc. It d...That swallowtail is absolutely beautiful, fc. It does my wintry heart good to see it. I did get to see a red-tailed bee the other day. It's always grand when the spring critters show up, right on time!robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-54037305429737169772008-03-11T10:42:00.000-05:002008-03-11T10:42:00.000-05:00The butterfly made me gasp with delight!! Beautifu...The butterfly made me gasp with delight!! Beautiful!threecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-26344511772113390242008-03-11T10:37:00.000-05:002008-03-11T10:37:00.000-05:00You have seen only swallowtails so far this year? ...You have seen only swallowtails so far this year? Hmmm, that's perplexing. I have seen several species so far in Alachua and Marion Counties: zebra longwing, yellow sulphur, gulf fritillary, a satyr? and black swallowtail. In fact, I am seeing more species early this year than last year.Buford Naturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657555328626398940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-34386184182530011712008-03-11T09:00:00.000-05:002008-03-11T09:00:00.000-05:00I saw Zebra Longwings in the Florida Keys recently...I saw Zebra Longwings in the Florida Keys recently and Skippers... this was beautiful though. Love the fly and bee photos as well. Thanks for posting about them. JaneJane Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02629361652647367708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1446209425203560542008-03-11T07:21:00.000-05:002008-03-11T07:21:00.000-05:00I've planted quite a few pawpaws so hopefully some...I've planted quite a few pawpaws so hopefully sometime those zebra's will make their way to my house to lay.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038703319667640641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-65822327385803869902008-03-11T07:02:00.000-05:002008-03-11T07:02:00.000-05:00Wonderful series of photos. We are just a bit too...Wonderful series of photos. We are just a bit too far north here to get zebra swallowtails, which is a shame because they're stunning. There is no easy way to sex most species of butterflies (barring the ones that show obviously sexual dimoprphism in their wing patterns). You can look for the claspers at the ends of the males' abdomens. Even there you sometimes need to gently squeeze the abdomen to see the claspers.<BR/><BR/>The subject of your last photo is a skipper rather than a moth. The wing pattern is rignt for a duskywing (genus Erynnis). The antennae also have the typical hooked club seen in many skippers.Doug Taronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537881828742937167noreply@blogger.com