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Florida × Northern Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti × piscivorus)Observer
nickmesaDescription
Victim of controlled burn. First impression is cottonmouth, but copperheads are common at this location, and it’s burned/bloated.
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Triops (Genus Triops)Observer
geosesarmaDescription
Location accurate, collected 4 specimens (**actually three! they ate the wimpiest male before I could get ethanol to specimen-ize them) and a soil sample from the pool, hopefully containing eggs. Possible first record in Florida??
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Boa Constrictors (Genus Boa)Observer
floridamannDescription
Found on sidewalk
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Florida Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon conanti)Observer
flashberryDescription
This was not my hand.
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Southern Paper Wasp (Polistes bellicosus)Observer
lgarrigaDescription
This was crazy! Not too sure why (or how), but this wasp definitely stung the dragonfly, took it down, and maybe was eating it? Definitely something I've never seen before. My fear of wasps didn't help while I was photographing it and just looking at these photos again is giving me chills.
Associated prey observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152206136
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American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)Observer
lgarrigaDescription
Found it basking on a very cold morning. The signs don't lie! It is also nearly toothless at the moment. No idea if that's common or normal.
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Eastern Ratsnake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis)Observer
alexsalcedoDescription
ID: Pantherophis quadrivittatus
Feeding on a Knight Anole (Anolis equestris)
