Wordless Wednesday — EWWWW!

You usually see these things curled up about 1/2″ down in your lawn.  Not crawling across your street in 90F temperatures!  Kudos to my iPhone camera for getting some nice (or not so nice?) closeups!

Florida Discoveries 17: Narceus Americanus

Ready to be grossed out? This morning I went to the backyard to cover our grill (I forgot to cover it last night) and when I picked up the cover, this thing fell out and started walking across our patio: At about 4″ long, you can’t just ignore this thing! Okay, are you done screaming … Read more

Florida Discoveries 4: Springtime on the Panhandle…Part II

Part II = The fauna! Springtime in Florida also means the bugs and animals are all coming out of the woods, the ponds, the ground, etc.  I’ve already seen more than my share of millipedes in the yard and on my porch, plenty of mosquito hawks, and of course the birds are all coming back. … Read more