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A B See Photo Meme: Letter J

Posted by jlsgrant in Nature on March 3, 2011

This is the best part of boating in Florida! Love Florida nature, but when nature participates in the fun you’re having to have a little of their own…..it is truly a joyful moment! 🙂

Trying to work my way through the alphabet in order; here’s my progress so far:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

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AB See Photo Meme, atlantic bottlenose dolphin

AB See Photo Meme: Letter C

Posted by jlsgrant in Nature on January 12, 2011

C is for Catepillar….It is also for Cute!

We were doing school one day, reading a little historical fiction and something caught our eye out the family room window. A Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly was flying around our Camphor Tree, gently laying its eggs. I couldn’t be more excited! Of all the catepillars, I think this is one of the most beautiful!

As the tiny brownish hatchling grows, it forms a web to hold the leaf around itself like a tube. This makes them very difficult to spot and protects them from would-be predators. As the days progress, they turn from brown to bright green, then to orange just before forming their crysalis. The black “eyes” are not eyes at all, just beautifully painted on eye-spots. I especially love the little white fleck in the corner that looks like a reflection.