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Tilapias (Genus Oreochromis)Observer
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Ross Allen Island Amphitheater, 6W7W+JW Fort King Pavilion, Silver Springs, FL 34488, USA (Google, OSM)Photos / Sounds
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Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)Observer
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Ross Allen Island Amphitheater, 6W7W+JW Fort King Pavilion, Silver Springs, FL 34488, USA (Google, OSM)What
Florida Redbelly Turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni)Observer
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Light(ish) morph with a dark morph behind it.
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Deer Flies (Subfamily Chrysopsinae)Observer
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On the shell of a cooter turtle (Pseudemys sp).
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Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)Observer
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Just a chick. One of the parents was nearby.
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Florida Softshell Turtle (Apalone ferox)Observer
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Lots of gyrinids in the background.
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Florida Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata ssp. pictiventris)Observer
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Seemed to be digesting a meal.
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Southern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor ssp. priapus)Observer
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On a branch over the river.
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Sailfin Catfishes (Genus Pterygoplichthys)Observer
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Being eaten by Ardea herodias. There are a lot of these invasive catfish on this river, unfortunately.
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Apantesis placentiaObserver
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Feeding on Lupinus villosus. Being swarmed by ants, but it didn't seem to mind them.
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Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)Observer
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This appears to be a female with faint traces of male coloration. Compare to figure 1b in this study: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0644
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Bee-mimic Robber Flies (Genus Laphria)Observer
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Laphria floridensis (unfinished species, similar to L. macquarti). Sitting on Alnus serrulata and eating some sort of flying insect. (The prey kinda looks like a small parasitic wasp, but it's difficult to see)
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Apantesis placentiaObserver
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Fast and twitchy movements. One of several I saw that day.