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  1. A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina

    A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina
    by Richard Dwight Porcher and
    Douglas Alan Rayner
    University of South Carolina Press, 2002
    ISBN 1570034389
    Paperback

  2. Orbweaver

    Acanthepeira stellata

  3. Orbweaver

    Acanthepeira venusta

  4. Barbed Wire Cactus

    Acanthocereus tetragonus

  5. Barbed Wire Cactus

    Acanthocereus tetragonus

  6. Red Maple

    Acer rubrum

  7. Red Maple Samaras

    Acer rubrum

  8. Florida Maple

    Acer saccharum

  9. Florida Maple

    Acer saccharum ssp. floridanum
    The Florida Maple is a subspecies of the familiar Sugar Maple that is found throughout much of the eastern Untied States. This Florida version of the sugar maple was first recognized by the famous botanist Alvan Wentworth Chapman in 1860.

  10. Florida Maple

    Acer saccharum

  11. Saddleback Caterpillar Moth Caterpillar

    Acharia stimulea
    This caterpillar has stinging hairs that are to be avoided. The adult moth is actually called the Saddleback Caterpillar Moth, hence the repetition of the word caterpillar.

  12. Cricket Frog

    Acris crepitans crepitans

    This Cricket Frog is nestled among sphagnum moss.

  13. Cricket Frog

    Acris gryllus dorsalis

  14. Cherry Dagger Moth Caterpillar

    Acronicta hasta
    This is also known as the Speared Dagger Moth.

  15. Pointed Dagger Moth Caterpillar

    Acronicta lanceolaria

  16. Long-winged Dagger Moth Caterpillar

    Acronicta longa

  17. Long-winged Dagger Moth Caterpillar

    Acronicta longa
    This is a stinging caterpillar.

  18. Triton Dagger Moth Caterpillar

    Acronicta tritona

  19. Golden Leather Fern

    Acrostichum aureum

  20. Golden Leather Fern

    Acrostichum aureum

  21. White Baneberry

    Actaea pachypoda

  22. White Baneberry

    Actaea pachypoda

  23. Luna Moth Eye

    Actias luna
    This is a closeup of the eyepot found near the leading edge of each of the luna moth's wings. They may startle birds or direct them to peck at a less vulnerable part of its body.

  24. Luna Moth Eyes

    Actias luna
    The eyespots and folded wings of this luna moth look like a face to me when viewed this way. The leading edge of the wings are actually at the bottom of the image.

  25. Luna Moth

    Actias luna
    I have lots of photos of Luna Moths, but the silhouette of this newly emerged Luna Moth was irresistible.

  26. Luna Moths

    Actias luna
    These two luna moths on an oak tree had just emerged in March, the first brood of the season. The purple edges on the wings are pigment accumulated over the winter months. Later broods usually have yellow edges.

  27. Fairy Moth

    ADELIDAE family
    I don't know the life history of this tiny moth, but its long antenna must have an interesting tale to tell.

  28. Southern Maidenhair Fern

    Adiantum capillus-veneris
    This photo is looking skyward from underneath a maidenhair fern that was growing on a limestone wall along a creek.

  29. Purple-crested Slug Moth Caterpillar

    Adoneta spinuloides

  30. Red Buckeye Fruits

    Aesculus pavia

  31. Red Buckeye

    Aesculus pavia

  32. False Foxglove

    Agalinis sp.

  33. False Foxglove

    Agalinis sp.

  34. Metallic Green Bee

    Agapostemon sp.

  35. Male Metallic Green Bee

    Agapostemon splendens

  36. Florida Hobblebush

    Agarista populifolia

  37. Florida Hobblebush

    Agarista populifolia

  38. Grass Spider

    Agelenopsis pennsylvanica

  39. Southern Copperhead Snake

    Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

  40. Southern Copperhead Snake

    Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

  41. Southern Copperhead

    Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

  42. Florida Cottonmouth Snake

    Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti

  43. Florida Cottonmouth Snake

    Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti
    The Cottonmouth Snake is also called a Water Moccasin.

  44. Florida Cottonmouth

    Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti
    This is the typical pose of a Florida Cottonmouth while waiting for its next meal.

  45. Gulf Fritillary

    Agraulis vanillae
    You can appreciate the length of the Gulf Fritillary's proboscis when you see how deep the throat of the pentas flower is.

  46. Gulf Fritillary

    Agraulis vanillae

  47. Gulf Fritillary

    Agraulis vanillae
    This Gulf Fritillary is melanistic which means that it has more black pigmentation than a normal individual. It is the oppositie of albinism which is the lack of this pigmentation. Melanism may be caused by genetic or environmental conditions.

  48. Incised Agrimony

    Agrimonia incisa

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