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The biodiverse expanse of the Everglades is a lepidopterist’s delight, serving up really sensational butterfly species. However, the non-avian critter that really caught my attention during my trip to Loxahatchee NWR was the big, beautiful Lubber Grasshopper. The Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea guttata or Romalea microptera) is fairly common throughout the southeastern United States, particularly [...]

White Ibis Ah, Florida…land of waders and waterfowl. Is there an American heron or egret that hasn’t made a home in the Sunshine State? Business brought me to the Palm Beach area, an ever-expanding commercial zone that might charitably be described as a wasteland of strip malls and ostentatious development. This part of the state [...]