by Rich Leighton | Oct 15, 2020 | Butterflies, Florida Nature Photography, Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Monarch butterflies use thermals (updrafts of sun-warmed air) to help them ride air currents as they migrate across the United States to Mexico and back. MORE PHOTOS OF BUTTERFLIES MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a new series of nature photos...
by Rich Leighton | Sep 22, 2020 | bees, Florida Nature Photography, Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
If a honeybee keeps-waggle dancing in favor of an unpopular nesting site, other workers will head-butt her in an attempt to help the colony reach a consensus. VISIT THE INVERTEBRATES GALLERY MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the...
by Rich Leighton | Aug 26, 2020 | Florida Nature Photography, Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
If you ever see one of these large 2 to 3-inch, slow-moving grasshoppers impaled on a thorn or barbed wire fence and can’t possibly figure out how it got there then here’s your answer: The loggerhead shrike often catches them and pins them in place until...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 13, 2020 | Butterflies, Florida Nature Photography, Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Moths, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Their size and rapid wing beats allow sphinx moths to hover and feed like hummingbirds, which is why they were nicknamed ‘hummingbird moths’. People often mistake the protrusion on the back of the sphinx caterpillar for a stinger. MORE PHOTOS OF...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 8, 2020 | Brushfoots, Butterflies, Florida, Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
When threatened or bothered, the white peacock butterfly will flash its wings and produce hissing sound by rubbing its wings in front of the predator. It is also very long-lived for a butterfly, often living up to 11 months! MORE PHOTOS OF BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS MORE...
by Rich Leighton | May 13, 2020 | Brushfoots, Butterflies, Florida Nature Photography, Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
When it is disturbed, the zebra longwing butterfly makes a creaking sound by wiggling its body. At night, large groups will roost together on tree limbs. They return to the same roost night after night. MORE PHOTOS OF BUTTERFLIES MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS...
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