Jim 🇺🇦
@pom137.bsky.social
Biologist, very amateur photographer of local flora and fauna. Insatiable curiosity. All photos are my originals except where noted 🇺🇦
Common buckeye showing a little late-season wear, but still brilliant colors. This was taken earlier this week in a patch of climbing asters in my yard that has proven to be a pollinator-magnet. #butterflies #insects #pollinator #bugsky #nature #wildlife🦋
December 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Common buckeye showing a little late-season wear, but still brilliant colors. This was taken earlier this week in a patch of climbing asters in my yard that has proven to be a pollinator-magnet. #butterflies #insects #pollinator #bugsky #nature #wildlife🦋
This rose is entirely self-sufficient where I live. It was sold by a local nursery as having been sourced from old local homesteads that were long abandoned. I have provided no care and it has actually multiplied via runners. #roseWednesday #RedWed 🌹 #rose #bloomscrolling
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This rose is entirely self-sufficient where I live. It was sold by a local nursery as having been sourced from old local homesteads that were long abandoned. I have provided no care and it has actually multiplied via runners. #roseWednesday #RedWed 🌹 #rose #bloomscrolling
Hairstreaks are small butterflies with big personalities. This is a red-banded hairstreak on a snow squarestem. #nature 🦋 #butterfly #hairstreak #bugsky #insects #pollinators #Florida
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hairstreaks are small butterflies with big personalities. This is a red-banded hairstreak on a snow squarestem. #nature 🦋 #butterfly #hairstreak #bugsky #insects #pollinators #Florida
#Penstemon multiflorus, manyflower beardtongue, one of hundreds found growing in a well-drained, sandy area of north Florida. Readily showing why it's called a beard tongue. #wildflowers #nativeplants #nature #macro 💮 #bloomscrolling #Florida
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
#Penstemon multiflorus, manyflower beardtongue, one of hundreds found growing in a well-drained, sandy area of north Florida. Readily showing why it's called a beard tongue. #wildflowers #nativeplants #nature #macro 💮 #bloomscrolling #Florida
Infrequently seen and very wary variegated fritillary #butterfly #nature 🦋 #wildlife #bugsky #insects #butterflies #naturephotography
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Infrequently seen and very wary variegated fritillary #butterfly #nature 🦋 #wildlife #bugsky #insects #butterflies #naturephotography
Still seeing lots of butterflies, including this monarch on a native wetlands plant, Elliott's aster. 🦋 🌼🌻. #butterfly #nature #nativeplant #wetland #monarch #naturephotography
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Still seeing lots of butterflies, including this monarch on a native wetlands plant, Elliott's aster. 🦋 🌼🌻. #butterfly #nature #nativeplant #wetland #monarch #naturephotography
American sycamore with plenty of blue sky above it. Just beginning to shed its large leaves. Adjacent is a slash pine. #blueskymonday #trees #lookingup #nature
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
American sycamore with plenty of blue sky above it. Just beginning to shed its large leaves. Adjacent is a slash pine. #blueskymonday #trees #lookingup #nature
Most roses where I live don't do well because of the climate. People that manage to grow them must use a lot of fertilizer and pesticides/fungicides, which I am loathe to do. In spite of my neglect, this drift rose had a beautiful blossom that I decided to share. #stunday #rose #bloomscrolling 🌹
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Most roses where I live don't do well because of the climate. People that manage to grow them must use a lot of fertilizer and pesticides/fungicides, which I am loathe to do. In spite of my neglect, this drift rose had a beautiful blossom that I decided to share. #stunday #rose #bloomscrolling 🌹
There's a lot going on here. I first saw the praying mantis on a Bidens plant and noticed the sulfur butterfly too. When I looked at the photo closer, I noted the appendages of a spider appearing over the white blossom to the left. 🐛🦋 #bugsky #mantis #butterfly #spider #nature #insects #wildlife
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A very interesting looking katydid nymph perched on a bee balm. 🐛 #bugsky #insect #nature #Wildlife #macrofriday #katydid #invertebrates
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
A very interesting looking katydid nymph perched on a bee balm. 🐛 #bugsky #insect #nature #Wildlife #macrofriday #katydid #invertebrates
Yoyo loach from one of my aquariums. A freshwater ornamental #fish I've had for several years. For #fishyfriday. #fish #aquarium #fishkeeping 🐟
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Yoyo loach from one of my aquariums. A freshwater ornamental #fish I've had for several years. For #fishyfriday. #fish #aquarium #fishkeeping 🐟
After a 28 degree low the night before, bumblebees are back pollinating flowers, in this case a climbing aster. #🐝 #bumblebee #nature #bugsky #nativeplant #wildflower #pollinators #insect
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
After a 28 degree low the night before, bumblebees are back pollinating flowers, in this case a climbing aster. #🐝 #bumblebee #nature #bugsky #nativeplant #wildflower #pollinators #insect
Skyblue clustervine for #blueskymonday . An endangered evergreen vine found only in extreme southern portions of Florida. Pollinated by sphinx moths. #nativeplant #nature #bloomscrolling 🌼 #macro #florida
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Skyblue clustervine for #blueskymonday . An endangered evergreen vine found only in extreme southern portions of Florida. Pollinated by sphinx moths. #nativeplant #nature #bloomscrolling 🌼 #macro #florida
Gray hairstreak sharing a Bidens flower with a swallowtail #butterflies #hairstreak #nature 🦋 #bugsky #insects
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Gray hairstreak sharing a Bidens flower with a swallowtail #butterflies #hairstreak #nature 🦋 #bugsky #insects
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Most appropriate spider photo I have for #arachtober. Lurking spotted orb weaver #spooktober #spiders #nature #bugsky #inverts #macro
October 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Most appropriate spider photo I have for #arachtober. Lurking spotted orb weaver #spooktober #spiders #nature #bugsky #inverts #macro
Another jumping spider for #arachtober. Regal jumping spider with prey. #macro #spiders #nature #invertebrates #wildlife 🕷️
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Another jumping spider for #arachtober. Regal jumping spider with prey. #macro #spiders #nature #invertebrates #wildlife 🕷️
I was looking through my photo files to see what I could contribute to #arachtober and I ran across this giant lichen orbweaver. This beauty is straddling the tines of a plastic leaf rake. #spiders #nature #invertebrates #wildlife
October 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I was looking through my photo files to see what I could contribute to #arachtober and I ran across this giant lichen orbweaver. This beauty is straddling the tines of a plastic leaf rake. #spiders #nature #invertebrates #wildlife
Ripening drupes of the native shrub, Walter's viburnum.This is a great evergreen plant to have in your yard, as the white flowers attract pollinators in the spring and the fruits attract birds in the fall. #nativeplant #nature 🐝 🐦 #gardening
October 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ripening drupes of the native shrub, Walter's viburnum.This is a great evergreen plant to have in your yard, as the white flowers attract pollinators in the spring and the fruits attract birds in the fall. #nativeplant #nature 🐝 🐦 #gardening
Unidentified spider that made a home on a Lobelia wildflower. I never realized how common this is until I started macro photography of wildflowers. It makes sense: let the prey come to you.
#arachtober #spider #bloomscrolling #wildflower #nativeplant #nature 🕷️ #invertebrates #bugsky 🌼 #macro
#arachtober #spider #bloomscrolling #wildflower #nativeplant #nature 🕷️ #invertebrates #bugsky 🌼 #macro
October 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Unidentified spider that made a home on a Lobelia wildflower. I never realized how common this is until I started macro photography of wildflowers. It makes sense: let the prey come to you.
#arachtober #spider #bloomscrolling #wildflower #nativeplant #nature 🕷️ #invertebrates #bugsky 🌼 #macro
#arachtober #spider #bloomscrolling #wildflower #nativeplant #nature 🕷️ #invertebrates #bugsky 🌼 #macro
For those of you that can't get enough bumblebee, here's one of many on a snow squarestem his morning. All of them are in for a pleasant surprise next week when the climbing asters bloom. #bumblebee #insect #bugsky #nativeplant #wildflower #nature 🐝
October 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
For those of you that can't get enough bumblebee, here's one of many on a snow squarestem his morning. All of them are in for a pleasant surprise next week when the climbing asters bloom. #bumblebee #insect #bugsky #nativeplant #wildflower #nature 🐝
October 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM