Eastern Hercules Beetle

June 14, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have our biggest beetle. Today we’re talking about the Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus). The Eastern Hercules...

Prickly-Pear Cacti

June 7, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have sandy, spiny succulents. The week we’re talking about the Prickly-Pear Cacti (Opuntia spp.). In South Carolina,...

Eastern Bluebird

May 31, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the cerulean songbird of the savanna, the azure agrarian avian, the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis). As...

Elderberry

May 24, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a shrubby medicinal plant with impressive floral displays. This week we’re looking at American Black Elderberry...

Lovebugs

May 17, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the bane of windshields, the living smoke of spring, that monogamous miasma seeping beneath the door...

Coralbean

May 10, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re greeted by a large and lavish legume. This week we’re gazing upon Coralbean (Erythrina herbacea). Coralbean is...

Eastern Glass Lizard

May 3, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a fragile creepy crawly who’s often misinterpreted as a different rope-like reptile. This week we’re peering...

Fleabanes

April 26, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a pastel spring thing. This week we’re appreciating the Fleabanes, genus Erigeron. Fleabanes are a member...

Osprey

April 19, 2019

This week our guest of honor is the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), also called a Fish Hawk. The Osprey is a large bird of prey that...

Resurrection Fern

April 12, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a Lazarus-like epiphytic fern, Resurrection Fern (Pleopeltis michauxiana). Resurrection Fern is found throughout the Southeast. Its...

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