Photos By Steve Nanz | |||||
Fort Myers, FL and Surrounding Areas | |||||
(Captiva, Sanibel, Cayo Costa, South Venice, Cape Coral, Oscar Scherer, etc.) | |||||
(3/3/2012 - 3/11/2012) | |||||
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
Please feel free to drop me an eMail with corrections or comments. They are greatly appreciated. |
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![]() Heliconius charithonia (Zebra Longwing) Family: Nymphalidae |
![]() Eudocimus albus (White Ibis) Family: Threskiornithidae |
![]() Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Willet) Family: Scolopacidae |
![]() Pandion haliaetus (Osprey) Family: Pandionidae |
![]() Hexeris enhydris (Seagrape Borer) Family: Thyrididae |
![]() Ephestiodes gilvescentella (Pyralid) Family: Pyralidae |
![]() Anomala undulata (Shining Leaf Chafer) Family: Scarabaeidae |
![]() Ymeldia janae (Jane's Ymeldia Moth) Family: Oecophoridae |
![]() Sinoe kwakae (Twirler Moth) Family: Gelechiidae |
![]() Stragania robusta (Robust Stragania Hopper) Family: Cicadellidae |
![]() Stragania robusta (Robust Stragania Hopper) Family: Cicadellidae |
![]() Untomia albistrigella (Twirler Moth) Family: Gelechiidae |
![]() Ephestiodes gilvescentella (Pyralid) Family: Pyralidae |
![]() Diplotaxis sp. (May Beetle) Family: Scarabaeidae |
![]() Anomala marginata (Shining Leaf Chafer) Family: Scarabaeidae |
![]() Osbornellus consors (Leafhopper) Family: Cicadellidae |
![]() Tomarus subtropicus? (Carrot Beetle) Family: Scarabaeidae |
![]() Notolomus bicolor (Weevil) Family: Curculionidae |
![]() Macrocentrus sp. (Braconid Wasp) Family: Braconidae |
![]() Palpita quadristigmalis (Four-spotted Palpita Moth) Family: Crambidae |
![]() Isophrictis similiella (Twirler Moth) Family: Gelechiidae |
![]() Gelechia mandella? (Twirler Moth) Family: Gelechiidae |
![]() Heraeus triguttatus (Dirt-colored Seed Bug) Family: Rhyparochromidae |
![]() Heraeus triguttatus (Dirt-colored Seed Bug) Family: Rhyparochromidae |
![]() Elophila gyralis (Waterlily Borer Moth) Family: Crambidae |
![]() Elaphria nucicolora? (Sugarcane Midget) Family: Noctuidae |
![]() Pelitropis rotulata (Tropiduchid Planthopper) Family: Tropiduchidae |
![]() Parachma ochracealis? (Parachma Moth) Family: Pyralidae |
![]() Pangaeus bilineatus (Burrowing Bug) Family: Cydnidae |
![]() Banasa flavosa (Stink Bug) Family: Pentatomidae |
![]() Banasa flavosa (Stink Bug) Family: Pentatomidae |
![]() Antocha sp.? (Limoniid Crane Fly) Family: Limoniidae |
![]() Antocha sp.? (Limoniid Crane Fly) Family: Limoniidae |
![]() Pelitropis rotulata (Tropiduchid Planthopper) Family: Tropiduchidae |
![]() Coleotechnites sp.? (Twirler Moth) Family: Gelechiidae |
![]() Ymeldia janae? (Jane's Ymeldia Moth) Family: Oecophoridae |
![]() Coleotechnites sp.? (Twirler Moth) Family: Gelechiidae |
![]() (Scavenger Moth) Family: Coleophoridae |
![]() Cautethia grotei (Grote's sphinx) Family: Springidae |
![]() Gyponana tenella (Leafhopper) Family: Cicadellidae |
![]() Elophila obliteralis (Waterlily Leafcutter Moth) Family: Crambidae |
![]() Osbornellus consors (Leafhopper) Family: Cicadellidae |
![]() (Scavenger Moth) Family: Coleophoridae |
![]() Tropidosteptes sp. (Plant Bug) Family: Miridae |
![]() (Dustywing) Family: Coniopterygidae |
![]() Romalea microptera (Eastern Lubber Grasshopper) Family: Romaleidae |
![]() Hymenorus (Comb-clawed Beetle) Family: Tenebrionidae |
![]() (Crambine Snout Moth) Family: Crambidae |
![]() Osbornellus sp. (Leafhopper) Family: Cicadellidae |
![]() Pyroderces badia (Florida Pink Scavenger Moth) Family: Cosmopterigidae |
![]() Osbornellus sp. (Leafhopper) Family: Cicadellidae |
![]() Chrysoperla sp. (Green Lacewing) Family: Chrysopidae |
![]() Coleotechnites sp.? (Twirler Moth) Family: Gelechiidae |
![]() Pyroderces badia (Florida Pink Scavenger Moth) Family: Cosmopterigidae |
![]() Ochrimnus tripligatus (Seed Bug) Family: Lygaeidae |
![]() Ochrimnus tripligatus (Seed Bug) Family: Lygaeidae |
![]() Nephrotoma sp. (Tiger Crane Fly) Family: Tipulidae |
![]() Nephrotoma sp. (Tiger Crane Fly) Family: Tipulidae |
![]() Ophion sp.? (Ichneumon Wasp) Family: Ichneumonidae |
![]() Limnodromus griseus (Short-billed Dowitcher) Family: Scolopacidae |
![]() Limosa fedoa (Marbled Godwit) Family: Scolopacidae |
![]() Anas fulvigula (Mottled Duck) Family: Anatidae |
![]() Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Willet) Family: Scolopacidae |
![]() Rynchops niger (Black Skimmer) Family: Laridae |
![]() Rynchops niger (Black Skimmer) Family: Laridae |
![]() Thalasseus sandvicensis (Sandwich Tern) Family: Sternidae |
![]() Thalasseus sandvicensis (Sandwich Tern) Family: Sternidae |
![]() Sterna maxima (Royal Tern) Family: Sternidae |
![]() Rynchops niger (Black Skimmer) Family: Laridae |
![]() Quiscalus major (Boat-tailed Grackle) Family: Icteridae |
![]() Dryocopus pileatus (Pileated Woodpecker) Family: Picidae |
![]() Dryocopus pileatus (Pileated Woodpecker) Family: Picidae |
![]() Ascia monuste (Great Southern White) Family: Pieridae |
![]() Ascia monuste (Great Southern White) Family: Pieridae |
![]() Corvus ossifragus (Fish Crow) Family: Corvidae |
![]() Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (American White Pelican) Family: Pelecanidae |
![]() Junonia genoveva (Mangrove Buckeye) Family: Nymphalidae |
![]() Junonia genoveva (Mangrove Buckeye) Family: Nymphalidae |
![]() Platalea ajaja (Roseate Spoonbill) Family: Threskiornithidae |
![]() Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) Family: Accipitridae |
![]() Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) Family: Accipitridae |
![]() Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) Family: Accipitridae |
![]() Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) Family: Accipitridae |
![]() Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) Family: Accipitridae |
![]() Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) Family: Accipitridae |
![]() Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) Family: Accipitridae |
![]() Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) Family: Accipitridae |
![]() Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) Family: Accipitridae |
![]() Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) Family: Accipitridae |
![]() Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle) Family: Accipitridae |
![]() Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's Forktail) Family: Coenagrionidae |
![]() Polistes bellicosus (Paper Wasp) Family: Vespidae |
![]() Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's Forktail) Family: Coenagrionidae |
![]() Agraulis vanillae (Gulf Fritillary) Family: Nymphalidae |
![]() Euphoria sepulcralis (Dark Flower Scarab) Family: Scarabaeidae |
![]() Egretta caerulea (Little Blue Heron) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Macrodiplax balteata (Marl Pennant) Family: Libellulidae |
![]() Brachymesia gravida (Four-spotted Pennant) Family: Libellulidae |
![]() Epitheca stella (Florida Baskettail) Family: Corduliidae |
![]() Anartia jatrophae (White Peacock) Family: Nymphalidae |
![]() Ischnura ramburii (Rambur's Forktail) Family: Coenagrionidae |
![]() Pyrausta tyralis (Coffee-loving Pyrausta Moth) Family: Crambidae |
![]() Agraulis vanillae (Gulf Fritillary) Family: Nymphalidae |
![]() Halictus (Odontalictus) poeyi (Sweat Bee) Family: Halictidae |
![]() Corvus ossifragus (Fish Crow) Family: Corvidae |
![]() Corvus ossifragus (Fish Crow) Family: Corvidae |
![]() Corvus ossifragus (Fish Crow) Family: Corvidae |
![]() Corvus ossifragus (Fish Crow) Family: Corvidae |
![]() Ascia monuste (Great Southern White) Family: Pieridae |
![]() Rynchops niger (Black Skimmer) Family: Laridae |
![]() Cocytius antaeus (Giant Sphinx Moth) Family: Springidae |
![]() Cocytius antaeus (Giant Sphinx Moth) Family: Springidae |
![]() Homosetia spp.? (Clothes Moth) Family: Tineidae |
![]() Homosetia spp.? (Clothes Moth) Family: Tineidae |
![]() Episimus kimballi? (Tortricid Moth) Family: Tortricidae |
![]() Sinoe kwakae (Twirler Moth) Family: Gelechiidae |
![]() Panchlora nivea (Green Banana Cockroach) Family: Blaberidae |
![]() Episimus nesoites (Tortricid Moth) Family: Tortricidae |
![]() Pleuroprucha insulsaria (Common Tan Wave) Family: Geometridae |
![]() Seira bipunctata (Slender Springtail) Family: Entomobryidae |
![]() Eublemma cinnamomea (Eublemma Moth) Family: Erebidae |
![]() Eublemma cinnamomea (Eublemma Moth) Family: Erebidae |
![]() Mocis disseverans (Mocis Moth) Family: Erebidae |
![]() Mocis disseverans (Mocis Moth) Family: Erebidae |
![]() Melitara prodenialis? (Pricklypear Borer?) Family: Pyralidae |
![]() Steniodes mendica (Carambid) Family: Crambidae |
![]() Orchesella alpa (Slender Springtail) Family: Entomobryidae |
![]() Argyrotaenia floridana? (Tortricid Moth) Family: Tortricidae |
![]() Argyrotaenia floridana? (Tortricid Moth) Family: Tortricidae |
![]() Phaneta parmatana? (Tortricid Moth) Family: Tortricidae |
![]() Dasyhelea sp.? (Biting Midge) Family: Ceratopogonidae |
![]() Tampa dimediatella (Tampa Moth) Family: Pyralidae |
![]() Cryptobotys zoilusalis? (Crambid Moth) Family: Crambidae |
![]() Cryptothelea gloverii? (Bagworm Moth) Family: Psychidae |
![]() Pigritia sp.? (Scavenger Moth) Family: Coleophoridae |
![]() Pigritia sp.? (Scavenger Moth) Family: Coleophoridae |
![]() Chironomus (Chironomus) sp. (Midge) Family: Chironomidae |
![]() Chironomus (Chironomus) sp. (Midge) Family: Chironomidae |
![]() Tortyra slossonia (Reflective Tortyra Moth) Family: Choreutidae |
![]() Dasyhelea sp.? (Biting Midge) Family: Ceratopogonidae |
![]() Orchesella alpa (Slender Springtail) Family: Entomobryidae |
![]() Culicoides variipennis? (Biting Midge) Family: Ceratopogonidae |
![]() Culicoides variipennis? (Biting Midge) Family: Ceratopogonidae |
![]() Lorita scarificata (Chrysanthemum Flower Borer Moth) Family: Tortricidae |
![]() Lorita scarificata (Chrysanthemum Flower Borer Moth) Family: Tortricidae |
![]() Clogmia sp. (Moth Fly) Family: Psychodidae |
![]() Platynota flavedana (Black-shaded Platynota Moth) Family: Tortricidae |
![]() Lanius ludovicianus (Loggerhead Shrike) Family: Laniidae |
![]() Athene cunicularia (Burrowing Owl) Family: Strigidae |
![]() Athene cunicularia (Burrowing Owl) Family: Strigidae |
![]() Lanius ludovicianus (Loggerhead Shrike) Family: Laniidae |
![]() Asbolis capucinus (Monk Skipper) Family: Hesperiidae |
![]() Asbolis capucinus (Monk Skipper) Family: Hesperiidae |
![]() Hemidactylus garnotii (Indo-Pacific Gecko) Family: Lacertidae |
![]() Alligator mississippiensis (Baby American Alligator) Family: Alligatoridae |
![]() Libellula incesta (Slaty Skimmer) Family: Libellulidae |
![]() Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti (Florida Cottonmouth) Family: Viperidae |
![]() Anhinga anhinga (Anhinga) Family: Anhingidae |
![]() Anhinga anhinga (Anhinga) Family: Anhingidae |
![]() Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Ardea alba (Great Egret) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Anhinga anhinga (Anhinga) Family: Anhingidae |
![]() Anhinga anhinga (Anhinga) Family: Anhingidae |
![]() Plegadis falcinellus (Glossy Ibis) Family: Threskiornithidae |
![]() Coragyps atratus (Black Vulture) Family: Cathartidae |
![]() Quiscalus major (Boat-tailed Grackle) Family: Icteridae |
![]() Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Ardea alba (Great Egret) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned Night-Heron) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Anhinga anhinga (Anhinga) Family: Anhingidae |
![]() Anhinga anhinga (Anhinga) Family: Anhingidae |
![]() Nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned Night-Heron) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Ardea alba (Great Egret) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Ardea alba (Great Egret) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Ardea alba (Great Egret) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Plegadis falcinellus (Glossy Ibis) Family: Threskiornithidae |
![]() Tramea carolina (Carolina Saddlebags) Family: Libellulidae |
![]() Erynnis brizo somnus (Sleepy Duskywing) Family: Hesperiidae |
![]() Argia fumipennis atra (Black Dancer) Family: Calopterygidae |
![]() Gomphus sp. (Clubtail) Family: Gomphidae |
![]() Arphia granulata (Southern Yellow-winged Grasshopper) Family: Acrididae |
![]() Argia fumipennis atra (Black Dancer) Family: Calopterygidae |
![]() Aphelocoma coerulescens (Florida Scrub Jay) Family: Corvidae |
![]() Aphelocoma coerulescens (Florida Scrub Jay) Family: Corvidae |
![]() Mycteria americana (Wood Stork) Family: Ciconiidae |
![]() Mycteria americana (Wood Stork) Family: Ciconiidae |
![]() Selenops insularis? (Flatty Spider) Family: Selenopidae |
![]() Selenops insularis? (Flatty Spider) Family: Selenopidae |
![]() Pandion haliaetus (Osprey) Family: Pandionidae |
![]() Xylocopa micans (Southern Carpenter Bee) Family: Apidae |
![]() Brephidium pseudofea (Eastern Pygmy-Blue) Family: Lycaenidae |
![]() Anolis sagrei? (Brown Anole) Family: Polychrotidae |
![]() Phymata fasciata mystica (Ambush Bug) Family: Reduviidae |
![]() Phymata fasciata mystica (Ambush Bug) Family: Reduviidae |
![]() Mecaphesa sp.? (Crab Spider) Family: Thomisidae |
![]() Coelioxys (Acrocoelioxys) dolichos (Bee) Family: Megachilidae |
![]() Pluvialis squatarola (Black-bellied Plover) Family: Charadriidae |
![]() Calidris alba (Sanderling) Family: Scolopacidae |
![]() Sympetrum corruptum (Variegated Meadowhawk) Family: Libellulidae |
![]() Sympetrum corruptum (Variegated Meadowhawk) Family: Libellulidae |
![]() Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Willet) Family: Scolopacidae |
![]() Pelecanus occidentalis (Brown Pelican) Family: Pelecanidae |
![]() Anolis sagrei? (Brown Anole) Family: Polychrotidae |
![]() Columbina passerina (Common Ground Dove) Family: Columbidae |
![]() Columbina passerina (Common Ground Dove) Family: Columbidae |
![]() Chortophaga viridifasciata australior (Southern Green-Striped Grasshopper) Family: Acrididae |
![]() (Wrasse?) Family: |
![]() Charadrius wilsonia (Wilson's Plover) Family: Charadriidae |
![]() Charadrius wilsonia (Wilson's Plover) Family: Charadriidae |
![]() Charadrius wilsonia (Wilson's Plover) Family: Charadriidae |
![]() Charadrius wilsonia (Wilson's Plover) Family: Charadriidae |
![]() Spharagemon marmorata picta (Southern Marbled Grasshopper) Family: Acrididae |
![]() Columbina passerina (Common Ground Dove) Family: Columbidae |
![]() Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin) Family: Delphinidae |
![]() Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin) Family: Delphinidae |
![]() Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin) Family: Delphinidae |
![]() Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin) Family: Delphinidae |
![]() Egretta rufescens (Reddish Egret) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Egretta thula (Snowy Egret) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Pelecanus occidentalis (Brown Pelican) Family: Pelecanidae |
![]() Cybister fimbriolatus (Predacious Diving Beetle) Family: Dytiscidae |
![]() Cybister fimbriolatus (Predacious Diving Beetle) Family: Dytiscidae |
![]() Oxydia cubana? (Cuban Spanworm Moth?) Family: Geometridae |
![]() Oxydia cubana? (Cuban Spanworm Moth?) Family: Geometridae |
![]() (Carambid) Family: Crambidae |
![]() Abachrysa eureka (Green Lacewing) Family: Chrysopidae |
![]() Bleptina caradrinalis (Bent-winged Owlet Moth) Family: Erebidae |
![]() Bleptina caradrinalis (Bent-winged Owlet Moth) Family: Erebidae |
![]() Bleptina caradrinalis (Bent-winged Owlet Moth) Family: Erebidae |
![]() Bleptina caradrinalis (Bent-winged Owlet Moth) Family: Erebidae |
![]() Opogona omoscopa? (Sugarcane Bud Moth?) Family: Tineidae |
![]() Protalebrella brasiliensis (Brazilian Leafhopper) Family: Cicadellidae |
![]() Coleotechnites sp.? (Twirler Moth) Family: Gelechiidae |
![]() Pharaxonotha floridana (Pleasing Fungus Beetle) Family: Erotylidae |
![]() Cryptophilus integer? (Pleasing Fungus Beetle) Family: Erotylidae |
![]() Philonthus sp. (Rove Beetle) Family: Staphylinidae |
![]() Palpidia pallidior (Red-lined Panopoda) Family: Erebidae |
![]() Dermestes sp. (Carpet Beetle) Family: Dermestidae |
![]() (Water Boatman) Family: Corixidae |
![]() (Water Boatman) Family: Corixidae |
![]() Toxonotus cornutus (Fungus Weevil) Family: Anthribidae |
![]() Toxonotus cornutus (Fungus Weevil) Family: Anthribidae |
![]() Dermestes sp. (Carpet Beetle) Family: Dermestidae |
![]() Oenobotys vinotinctalis (Wine-tinted Oenobotys) Family: Crambidae |
![]() Leucania incognita (Cutworm Moth) Family: Noctuidae |
![]() (Woodland Ground Beetle) Family: Carabidae |
![]() Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) tortuganus (Carpenter Ant) Family: Formicidae |
![]() Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) tortuganus (Carpenter Ant) Family: Formicidae |
![]() Philonthus sp. (Rove Beetle) Family: Staphylinidae |
![]() Hymenorus (Comb-clawed Beetle) Family: Tenebrionidae |
![]() Nepheloleuca sp. (Geometrid) Family: Geometridae |
![]() Nepheloleuca sp. (Geometrid) Family: Geometridae |
![]() Sciurus carolinensis (Eastern Gray Squirrel) Family: Sciuridae |
![]() Elanoides forficatus (Swallow-tailed Kite) Family: Accipitridae |
![]() Eurema daira (Barred Yellow) Family: Pieridae |
![]() Epiaeschna heros (Swamp Darner) Family: Aeshnidae |
![]() Cryptothecia rubrocincta (Christmas Lichen) Family: Arthoniaceae |
![]() Cryptothecia rubrocincta (Christmas Lichen) Family: Arthoniaceae |
![]() Leucauge argyra (Long-jawed Orb Weaver) Family: Tetragnathidae |
![]() Verrucosa arenata (Arrowhead Spider) Family: Araneidae |
![]() Nyctanassa violacea (Yellow-crowned Night-Heron) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Nyctanassa violacea (Yellow-crowned Night-Heron) Family: Ardeidae |
![]() Pyrgus oileus (Tropical Checkered-Skipper) Family: Hesperiidae |
![]() Pyrgus oileus (Tropical Checkered-Skipper) Family: Hesperiidae |
![]() Pyrgus oileus (Tropical Checkered-Skipper) Family: Hesperiidae |
![]() (Green Lacewing) Family: Chrysopidae |
![]() (Green Lacewing) Family: Chrysopidae |
![]() (Green Lacewing) Family: Chrysopidae |
![]() Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus (Sri Lanka Weevil) Family: Curculionidae |
![]() Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus (Sri Lanka Weevil) Family: Curculionidae |
![]() Anomala innuba (Shining Leaf Chafer) Family: Scarabaeidae |
![]() (Plant Bug) Family: Miridae |
![]() Pseudomyrmex simplex (Ant) Family: Formicidae |
![]() Anolis sagrei? (Brown Anole) Family: Polychrotidae |
![]() Agapostemon (Agapostemon) splendens (Sweat Bee) Family: Halictidae |