Maybe this is their mother? This was two days ago. She appears to be looking for the tenderest leaves for her babies to eat.

It a balmy 75°F, and the Keys Blackbead—Pithecellobium keyense—has decided to turn a Miami “landscape” into paradise.
Honeybees and a Hammock Skipper (rare in this hood) revel in a super-abundance of pinkish powderpuffs. #NativePlants #Naturalists #Rewild #Invertebrates #Butterflies #Gardening

If you fit into a curled leaf, it makes a dreamy wind shelter.
#SquirrelTreeFrog #Naturalists #Habitat #EvergladesNationslPark #Frogs #SoithFlorida

Mangrove habitat by Biscayne Bay, Miami.

Slo-mo of today’s Longtailed Skipper. 💚 It almost looks like a bird here.
#Butterflies #Wildlife #FlowerReport #Gardening #Naturalists
#Bloomscrolling #Miami #NativePlants

Today in our mostly native street-side swale: a Longtailed Skipper drinks from Pentas (exotic). Maybe it hosted on the invasive Desmodium I can’t bring myself to pull (?)
#Butterflies #Wildlife #FlowerReport #Gardening #Naturalists #Bloomscrolling #Miami #NativePlants

Is it possible for a people to value flowers more than the Dutch?
With the Blumenstilleben, flowered brocades, and Delftware vases inside the building, this October garden suggests not.
#Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Gardening #art #nature #Amsterdam #Rijksmuseum 🌷🇳🇱