This week’s Photo Friday challenge is “Structure”. Last week I mentioned small structures on the Bald Cypress trees around the pond at the St Augustine Road Fish Management Area (a.k.a, Earl Johnson Park). They are galls, produced by the Cypress Twig Gall Midge, Taxodiomyia cupressiananassa. One had a tiny spider on it and now that spider has woven…
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Photo Friday After Dark
This is our entry for the Photo Friday After Dark challenge. It had rained all afternoon so the frogs were in fine form after dark. They don’t like my lights so I usually have to sneak up on them, hit them with the light quickly and take my shot. Sometimes I find one so determined…
Cypress Twig Gall Midge
We had never heard of a Cypress Twig Gall Midge until last week. When we stopped for Quinn to take his photo of the sunning turtle, I took a closer look at the Bald Cypress growing at the edge of the pond at the St. Augustine Road Fish Management area. There were quite a few gray growths all…