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Watch out for those pesky bloodsucking… Butterflies?!?!

May 27, 2010 By Grasshopper Leave a Comment

The other day I was chatting with a friend of mine who was facing a difficult decision.
“Are you nervous?” I asked.
“I’ve got lots of butterflies. They’ve got teeth you know!” she responded.
“HA! That’s pretty funny.” I chuckled.
“They’re a horde of Madrilenials!” she laughed and sent me this link.

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Halloween Pennant Dragonfly

October 23, 2009 By Grasshopper Leave a Comment

As we are nearing Halloween it seems appropriate to find the Halloween Pennant Dragonfly flying around my garden. Although this type of dragonfly is seen year round in Florida and the Genus Celuthemis (Pennants) is the most common, it is my first meeting with the Species Epinina (Halloween Pennant). In the photograph below which I [...]

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Grubs in My Yard

September 20, 2009 By PegEgg Leave a Comment

I m sure most of us have been out digging in our soil and come upon a large, white, fat worm. This is a grub. A grub is the larval stage of a beetle. So do these grubs cause a problem for our yards? Here in Hillsborough County grubs are not really too great a [...]

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