Wikidgarden

Feeling the magic of this tree. Sunday #Stunday #GreenSky #TreeSky #Nature 🌿 #NativePlants 🌱

#Miami #SouthFlorida #CoastalHardwoodHammock

Ficus citrifolia’s aerial roots: how to stay anchored in a windstorm.

American Crocodile: “See you after a while.” #Wildlife #Reptile #AmericanCrocodile #Miami

Despite their scary teeth and powerful bulk, they are shy.

A Monk Skipper soaking up sun after today’s morning rain—a South Florida resident who feeds on palms as a caterpillar: Its triangular shape and brown attire are distinctive. It’s often seen diving for nectar into Morning Glories or other deep flowers. www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Asbo...

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𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮@anondananda.bsky.social

An abundance of South Florida native flowers and fruits synchronized with Fall’s #Bird🪶Migration. Here temperate zone and Caribbean plants converge—though most species pictured were brought by birds from from the islands. 🌿 #Habitat #HardwoodHammock #NativePlants #Miami 🌱

A small, silent Ovenbird foraging among leaves on the hammock floor and quickly eating for @robcrank68.bsky.social's alt #BirdOfTheDay theme today, #Eating. #usbirds #SouthFloridaBirds #MiamiBirds #Birds🪶

Thanks @thekentacorn.bsky.social for this by Blake: “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity, and by these I shall not regulate my proportions; and some scarce see nature at all.” 🌿🌱🪶🐝

“But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake, from his communications with the Reverend John Trusler, 1799 🌿🦋🦑🐳🫍🐛

Fascinating thread on Queen bumblebees—how they develop, prepare for winter, hibernate, successfully mate—all essential for a new colony. 🐝

The Bee Guy@thebeeguy.bsky.social

You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while. Why? Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year. Deal? 1/15 #bees

Our sub-tropical rainy season making Fall flowers, or Man in the Ground, Ipomea microdactyla, preparing for pollinators. Opened flowers appear in the profile photo. #NativePlants #Habitat #Migration #UrbanGardening #Miami 🦉🌿🌱

So grateful for next door neighbors who have the most handsome baby [really] and don’t complain when my tangle of native vines drops leaves on their steps. 🙏

@thekentacorn.bsky.social

After three days of King Tides and heavy rain today, Biscayne Bay appears to be moving into Miami. More extreme high tides are forecast later in October and in November. (Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, this morning.)

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The English Oak Project

Nature is not a place to visit. It is our home

We were here because another user had given us an invitation code. [If we could go back to that, maybe Elon Musk—and avatars— would stop staking on here.]

TwoSense@twosense.bsky.social

Dear Bluesky Elders, Tell us stories of the days when Bluesky was fun.

*stalking 😤

22 Sept

11 years and 4 months! Resilience! 🙌

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21 Sept

One of many Xylocopa micans, Southern Carpenter Bees, on Varronia bullata in Key Largo 9/20/26. Due to recent rains, this shrub was at its fragrant, flowering peak and covered with wasps, hover flies, and at least 3 bee species. #Bees #NativePlants #Habitat

21 Sept

😎 If you’re a creature of pure light—yes—chartreuse is great camouflage! She allowed a phone pic, but as soon as I retrieved a serous camera—poof 💨—she was gone. #Butterflies #Invertebrates #BugSky 🌿 #NativePlants 🌱 #KeyLargo

butterfliesandmoths.orgLyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside (Godart, 1819) | Butterflies and Moths of North America

21 Sept

This fascinating species hosts on Lignum Vitae, tree of life, a rare, slow-growing and beautiful tree found mostly in the FL Keys. In Fall rains many butterflies have emerged to enjoy nectar and reproduce. She was looking to oviposit on new growth. www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Kric...

19 Sept

Somehow this appeared on my BlueSky feed months ago, and I’m thankful I ordered the English edition. As a life-long student/recovering instructor of literature, I can be far too critical to enjoy reading. This work is an exception. It’s written with a light touch that disguises its weight.

19 Sept

It’s about far more than butterflies.

18 Sept

A sweet #FlyDay to all! #Butterflies #NativePlants #Habitat #BigCypress Photo by @rmj827.bsky.social

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18 Sept

15 Sept

A Prairie Warbler dining in the high, lacy foliage of Wild Tamarind, a South Florida native tree hosting several butterfly species + attracting tiny insects for a bird buffet. #ThickTrunkTuesday #Birds🦉#NativePlants #KeyLargo #FoodWeb Https://www.fnps.org/plant/lysiloma-latisiliquum#gsc.tab=0

14 Sept

Sunlight, verdant foliage, nectar, a butterfly, a metallic bee, a dragonfly—all signs of a happy place full of life. Feel free to revisit as often as needed, particularly on a Monday. 🌿🌱🦋 #NativePlants #Habitat #CrocodileLakeNationalWildlifeRefuge #KeyLargo #NoSpray

en.wikipedia.orgHeliconius charithonia - Wikipedia

14 Sept

This species was designated Florida’s state butterfly. Their slow, mesmerizing flight and sociable behaviors make it almost possible to consider them pets. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicon...

11 Sept

Fuel up for a brilliant #Flyday. 🦋🌿 #NativePlants #PreserveHabitat #Invertebrates #EvergladesNationalPark

theolivepress.esSpain wants private jet and fossil fuel tax to fight wildfiresSpain has called for a permanent EU climate emergency response system after a summer marred by extreme heat and wildfires.

10 Sept

More of this, please.

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

"SPAIN is leading calls for the EU to tax private jets and the profits of fossil fuel companies to bankroll a Europe-wide climate resilience fund, including extra money to fight wildfires" Excellent idea, and importantly, avoids the Norway problem where widespread fossil $$ makes us ❤️🛢️

30 Aug

Sunshine Mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa) celebrating Sunday. It pops up overnight, a delicate puff, filaments glowing, offering fresh pollen to tiny flyers. (Said to host the Gray Mini-streak.) Enjoy its glow now, as it will not last to sundown. 🌿🦋🌱 #NativePlants #Habitat #Bloomscrolling

washingtoncitypaper.comMarch On Washington 2026: Defend the Vote Takes Place Aug. 28On Friday, the King family will join 90-plus community partners to peacefully march for voting rights and justice for Black people.

27 Aug

Good trouble.

Martin Luther King III@officialmlk3.bsky.social

We will march as Dad marched and continue building the Beloved Community he envisioned: a nation where every person can live with dignity, opportunity, freedom, and justice. #MarchOnWashington2026

rakupottery.caAlchemy: Become a PatronI’m seeking support for essential pottery supplies as rising costs and ongoing Canada–U.S. trade tensions make it challenging to sell my work and materials increasingly difficult to afford. Funding…

27 Aug

We need art’s transcendence now more than ever. When we look at or touch it, each time we allow it to draw our attention, this work offers joy. Consider supporting this Canadian artist if you’re able:

The Alchemist 🇨🇦@alchemistsstudio.bsky.social

An update for my friends in the USA. Maybe I can still sell pottery tariff free to the US 🤷‍♂️ But I risk having to pay the 50% tariff. ☹ If you still want to support my work you can do so here. Please share if you can. I have opened my store again to Canadians. rakupottery.ca/support-a-ca...

24 Aug

Good night; sleep tight BlueSky tribe. Let’s keep looking for the light. 🧡 (Okavango Delta, Botswana, 2022, with the best of humans who today turned a corner. In the photo we are off center, and that’s ok.)

14 Aug

Happy FlyDay! However unappetizing it may appear, enjoy breakfast before your flight. #Butterflies #Invertebrates #BugSky #Habitat #ReWild #NativePlants 🌿

12 Aug

An August day when the Snowberry (Chiococca alba) is in full flower, 20ft. high into the trees, and the panicles of fairy-bell flowers are so fresh they cancel the silly heat index. The Snowberry Clearwing moth may be around earlier in the day, so I’ll be back. #NativePlants 🦋🌿 #ReWild

What’s your poison? Plant-animal chemistry today in a Miami-Dade County Pineland preserve: a Soldier butterfly drinks from petite flowers of Metastelma blodgettii, a critically imperiled member of the Dogbane/Milkweed family. Photo @rmj827.bsky.social.

10 Aug

I suspect that Soldiers host on this plant. Must document!

Eye spots may have saved this one—today. Tomorrow it may be a 🐦‍⬛ meal. Torn wings say, “I’m key in the food web.” Butterflies and moths nurture, sustain interconnected lives on 🌎. Photo @rmj827.bsky.social #NativePlants, #Habitat #Butterflies 🦋🌿 #Rewild #Preserve #Food🕸️

journals.biologists.comNoses on the wing: the olfactory capacity of hawkmoth wingsHighlighted Article: Tobacco hawkmoths use their wings to smell the alkaloids of their favorite host plants.

As if having wings to fly is not cool enough, did you know that some insect wings can smell and taste? journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

popsci.comThese furry moths smell with their wingsTobacco hawkmoths may use these tiny hairs to find a place to lay their eggs.

Thanks @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social for posting the Popular Science article: www.popsci.com/environment/...

3 Aug

Weird and wonderful (nightmare for micro moths): “tiny sticky balls of silk laced with moth pheromones”

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1 Aug

The mangroves are filled with a troop of furry beings absorbed in a death-defying, dizzying ritual of flying through, between, along branches—and softly “chuffing” at each other. “Each day for a squirrel is its very first day of being a squirrel.” 🌿 #Mammals #NativePlants #Habitat #SwuirrelSaturday