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Anoles (Family Anolidae)Observer
dkajadDescription
I found these in my backyard in dirt and palm fronds. Two are bigger than others but I can’t tell if they are snake or lizard eggs.
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Damselflies (Suborder Zygoptera)Observer
dkajadDescription
This insect has a skinny light blue body with black legs and a reflective black color on the wings. The insect was flying plant to plant close to the ground not flying too high in the air. The insect looks 3 inches long.
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Armored Catfishes (Family Loricariidae)Observer
dkajadDescription
This fish is all dark brown with small black spots on its back and tail. If looked at closer, there are puzzle piece designs on its back. The fish was swimming close to seaweed by a swamp under large rocks. The animal is very large compared to other fish looking like it’s 1 1/2 long 1/2 a foot wide.
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Northern Curly-tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus)Observer
dkajadDescription
This lizard is all brown with black scales, brown scales, and white scales on its back. The lizard also has small faded black striped going horizontally down from its head to its tail. The lizard was running down from a palm tree. In size, it looks about 1 foot long.
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Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)Observer
dkajadDescription
This lizard is all brown with a yellow chin and stomach that reached up to a long yellow stripe going down it’s head and back. This lizard was wondering through the bushes. The lizard looks (including the tail) two feet long.
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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera)Observer
dkajadDescription
This insect is all black with streaks of yellow lines on its back and long red legs. This insect had flown over to the fence from an oak tree. This insect is 7 inches long and 2 inches high.
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Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)Observer
dkajadDescription
This plant has a green stem with white pedals circling around yellow pollen. The flower was attracting bees in a small grassy meadow. The flower looks 4 inches high.
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Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)Observer
dkajadDescription
This dragonfly is an all auburn brown color with orange wings and light brown legs with red tiger stripes on its wings. This insect was flying around until it landed on a wall not moving at all. The dragonfly looks 3 inches long and 4 inches wide counting the wings.
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Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)Observer
dkajadDescription
These dolphins were in a group of four. They are all gray with a very white stomach and a few dots on their faces. The dolphins were twirling around the boat possibly playing with eachother. They all look a good size of 5 feet long.
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Genus OmmatiusObserver
dkajadDescription
This bug is all gray with alittle green and clear wings. There is also brown under its stomach. The bug was flying around building to building. The bug looks about 1 inch and a 1/2 long.
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
dkajadDescription
One duck is brown with dark lines and dark spots. I also has a light colored face. The other duck has a white stomach with brown and blue feathers and a greenish-blue head. These ducks were casually fishing in the water floating to the shore. They both seem to be 1 1/2.
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Broom Forkmoss (Dicranum scoparium)Observer
dkajadDescription
This green organism I took in a microscope up close and saw it’s cells up close. They are dark green and light green shaped like mangroves. On the objective lens on the microscope, I used 40x to determine the size.
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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)Observer
dkajadDescription
This bird is all white with a yellowish beak and covered in splotches of black and brown. This bird was casually flying maybe looking for food staring at me. This bird is about maybe 1/2 or a foot long and 1/2 a foot wide.
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Mole Crickets (Family Gryllotalpidae)Observer
dkajadDescription
This cricket is all light brown with a tan head and dark legs. This cricket seemed like it was burrowing in the ground and dirt. This insect is about 1 inch and 1/2 long and 1/2 wide.
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Birds (Class Aves)Observer
dkajadDescription
This bird had a yellow beak as it approached me and light colored legs. It’s body is also all blackish-brown. This bird was flying over me at the time. This bird inducing it’s wing span is 4 feet wide and 3 1/2 feet long.
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Cutworms and Dart Moths (Subfamily Noctuinae)Observer
dkajadDescription
This worm is all brown with a few spots of green, black, and blue in it and an all black head. This worm was found on the side of a soccer field doing really nothing. This worm is about 1inch and 1/2 long and 1/3 of an inch wide.
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Flies (Order Diptera)Observer
dkajadDescription
This insect is gray with white wings and a black head with light gray legs. It was casually flying around until it landed. The bug is about 2 centimeters long and 1/2 a centimeter wide.
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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)Observer
dkajadDescription
This gull is all white with gray wings and red under it’s yellow beak, this bird was standing there watching folks walk by, the bird looks about 2 feet long and 3/4 feet wide.
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Crows and Ravens (Genus Corvus)Observer
dkajadDescription
This bird is all black even a black beak, the bird was feeding on a french fry, this bird is about a foot and a half long and 3/4 a foot wide.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
dkajadDescription
This moth is tan with a few black dots on its wings and dark legs, the moth was casually sitting on a wall, this moth is about 1 inch long and 1/2 of an inch wide.
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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)Observer
dkajadDescription
This Pelican has a white head with a yellow beak and a light brown body with a dark color under it’s wings, the bird looks about 2 feet long and 2 feet high, the pelican was casually drifting on the top of the water.
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Giant Leaf-footed Bug (Acanthocephala declivis)Observer
dkajadDescription
This bug has two long wings that are gray and white tiped. The legs are back with white dots and the head all white. The bug is about 1 1/2 inches long and 1 inch tall. The bug was crawling along the screen and flew off into a tree where I found a smaller one.
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Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)Observer
dkajadDescription
This bird is all dark with a very light yellow beak. The bird has a long neck and was searching for fish on the water. The bird is 1 1/2 feet long and 1 1/2 feet tall.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)Observer
dkajadDescription
This Heron is all gray with dark legs and a light head. It also has a light colored beak and blue streaks on both sides of its head. The bird was casually looking for food by the water. The bird is about 3 feet wide and 4 feet tall.
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Domestic Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata var. domestica)Observer
dkajadDescription
This duck has a red bill with black and white splotches on its back. It also has a long white neck. This duck was pecking on the ground with the other ducks eventually going into the water. This duck is 1 1/2 feet in length and 2 feet tall.
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Florida Sandshell (Lampsilis floridensis)Observer
dkajadDescription
This mollusk is a gray color coated in a green moss. The mollusk was just sitting there when I found it. It is about 2 inches long and 1 1/2 inches tall.
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Metazygia zilloidesObserver
dkajadDescription
This spider is all white with reddish legs but with a dark tint to them. This spider is 2 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide. This spider was casually making a web with a few insects trapped in them.
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Spotted Oleander Moth (Empyreuma pugione)Observer
dkajadDescription
This moth is all dark with a tint of red and a blue dot in the middle of it’s body. This moth is about 1 1/2 inch long and 1 inch wide. This moth was just stuck to the wall for hours.
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American Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca americana)Observer
dkajadDescription
This insect is all brown with a few spots scattered around it and a long white strip of white going down it’s back. The insect is about 4 inches long and 1 inch wide. This insect was hopping or flying on wall to wall.
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Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)Observer
dkajadDescription
This frog is all brown with a few dark brown spots on it’s back. This frog was in our shed hopping around. This frog is about 3 inches long and 2 inches wide.
