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Southeastern Pocket Gopher (Geomys pinetis)Observer
simonsr35Description
Pocket gopher mounds scattered under longleaf pines on a sandhill site revealed by a prescribed burn.
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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This observation is for the bee.
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White Beggarticks (Bidens alba)Observer
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This observation is for the flower
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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)Observer
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Hungry red-shouldered hawk perched on the roof of a bird feeder
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Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)Observer
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Wintering bird eating the pulp of sweet oranges.
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Sand Live Oak (Quercus geminata)Observer
simonsr35Description
These small sprouts are root suckers in a large stand of sprout origin of this oak in a longleaf pine sandhill forest. The larger trees here lack the wide spreading branches of southern live oak, are smaller, and produce acorns in pairs.
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Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)Observer
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mites observed attached to southern two-striped walking sticks in the Ocala National Forest
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Southern Two-striped Walkingstick (Anisomorpha buprestoides)Observer
simonsr35Description
large female with a smaller male riding on its back crossing a graded sand road
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Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)Observer
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Yellow garden spider feeding on a green anole it had captured in its web
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Slender Three-seeded Mercury (Acalypha gracilens)Observer
simonsr35Description
reduced to a dense mat by deer browsing
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Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)Observer
simonsr35Description
old, abandoned nest found on the ground