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Mucky pitcherplant bog

Captured in an underground, underwater cavern, photographed, and then released back to where it came from.

02-12-22-4

02-09-22-4

Discovered lying on its back on gravel trail, in pine forest at about 55 degrees F. Active but slow, as if semi-torpid. No visible injuries. Moved it off trail. Note furred tail membrane.

Ortona Lock Recreation Area, Moore Haven, Glades County, FL

Numerous V. shuttleworthii seen on 78 E heading toward Moore Haven

Ellis Acres Reserve, Paisley, Lake County, FL

Female laying eggs on Wild Lime (zanthoxylum fagara)

Look closely. This prickly pear is growing arboreally about 25' up in a Quercus virginiana. Other specimens are common at ground level.

Observation set: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&place_id=any&field:Similar%20observation%20set=72177630

Mutare | Tagaimamiet | Engaiyaguji
Rubus volkensii Engl. (Rosaceae)
Afro-alpine vegetation, alt. 3800m
Mount Kenya, Nyeri, Kenya

Seedling

Phil C Peters Rd., Orange County, FL, January 2014.

Lake Apopka North Shore Restoation Area, Clay Island, Lake County, FL, May 2016.