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Well, it's a new year and I have some new pictures for everyone. Tomorrow and Tuesday it's supposed to get down to 30 in Tampa, which means I should be a couple of degrees cooler (I live in the first suburb north of Tampa)! Luckily, Mom likes to cover all my plants in blankets. I just take care of the orchids and let her do the rest of the garden.
At the museum today, we still had many Zebra Longwings. (These guys are like nearly immortal in the butterfly world. They live up to nine months!
And the Julias are still around.
I had to scoot this Buckeye out of the shade so I could get a decent picture.
Back home, a Cloudless Sulphur was enjoying my plumbago.
This unknown skipper was sunning himself on the porterweed. There were some Long-Tailed Skippers around, too but they were too fast and I was too slow today.
And finally, I caught this Monarch cat who had just finished molting. That's his skin to the left of him.
