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  • January 2022

Koshka’s Nature Photography

Meryl Green

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Hanging out in the woods since 1997. Helping people learn about and enjoy wildlife since 2001.

Sometimes our finds don't even have a common name. Sometimes our finds don't even have a common name. Some species are overlooked enough that they have been described as species and have a scientific name, but they're not commonly recognized with a name in English. I believe this moth is in the genus Gondysia.
It wasn't a very birdy day at Longleaf Pine Preser It wasn't a very birdy day at Longleaf Pine Preserve, but this Gray Catbird showed itself for a moment. We were discussing how the names for animals and plants are either very literal or very weird! Gray Catbird is one of the literal ones - it is gray, and it sounds like a cat. 

What's your favorite literal animal or plant name?
This was an exciting sighting for me. Not because This was an exciting sighting for me. Not because either of these species are particularly uncommon, but because this red-banded hairstreak was not flighty AND it was nectaring AND something was nectaring on the dogfennel! Dogfennel has such small flowers I did not know whether anyone fed on them, but looks like I am going to have to look closer at them in the future.
There were a lot of these barred sulphurs flitting There were a lot of these barred sulphurs flitting about. This one was enjoying some nectar from an early whitetop fleabane. I loved the way it was hanging on to the underside of the flower and peeking its head above to reach the nectar.
This moth looks so much like pine bark, that while This moth looks so much like pine bark, that while I was looking at it and trying to describe its position to my friends, they were looking at an actual piece of pine bark and were confused about what I was saying!
Back to our tiny theme, one of the first animals w Back to our tiny theme, one of the first animals we found at Longleaf Pine Preserve was this little Regal Jumping Spider.
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