Not the best focus on these but I liked the colors.

contrasting those colors with black and white

creek pic

This is a Bella moth. According to the University of Florida's website

"The biology of the bella moth is intricately intertwined with its Crotalaria host plants. Crotalaria (particularly the seeds) are laced with pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Bella moth larvae sequester these chemicals and become poisonous (and usually repellent) to predators. The alkaloids are retained in the pupal and ultimately the adult stages. Thus these stages also are poisonous to predators."

The common name for Crotalaria is Rattlebox. There are a number of rattlebox species in Florida. These pics are of nonnative species. The first is Smooth Rattlebox (Crotalaria pallida).

This species is Showy Rattlebox (Crotalaria spectabilis).

The wind kept moving this web so the pic quality isn't too good (I had to enlarge and sharpen it a lot). But I wanted to post it because the markings are so face-like.

creek pic

a little poison ivy

a small gator

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