In the end of April we went back to Withlacoochee River Park. The water level was fairly low, leaving the cypress knees exposed.
This froggie didn’t seem interested in moving off the path. Mike took this picture while I tried to escape from the mosquitoes.
We saw several skinks, of at least two different species. Most of them, like this one, wasted no time in running away from us, slipping underneath the fallen oak leaves.
The Eastern fence lizards we’ve noticed are much less concerned with our presence, and continue on hunting insects, with frequent success, while we watch. This is the first time we saw the brilliant blue of its underside.
A red-banded hairstreak
Two skippers, who knows what kind, mating
From afar I thought this was a bee, but Mike, with the camera, could tell it wasn’t one. [Update: we think this is a bee killer robber fly in the genus Laphria.]
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