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Yes, mosquitos and fruit flies are in the fly family (Diptera), but flies are also pollinators, predators, decomposers, and parasites.

The question isn’t “how can we protect monarch caterpillars,” but “should we?” Recent research suggests a hands-off approach.

Observations from a suburban yard: insects, weeds, and the animals that eat them. Photos of one backyard ecosystem over the course of 2021.

Migratory birds, an invasive frog, and dead, dying, and overwintering insects. We see how plants and animals deal with winter in north Florida.

I’m starting to wonder about the higher number of pollinators I’m seeing in my yard…

Biodiversity at a Glance | Animals in North Florida and South Georgia I wanted to…

Before I started writing this, I wanted to look back at the April 2019 Backyard…

This is the first Backyard Blog I’ve written since having to work from home. Being…

During the Great Georgia Pollinator Census, citizen scientists learned about insect diversity in gardens, and about the plants that best create habitat.

We look at the role of the southern live oak in Tallahassee’s urban forest, where the tree’s value goes far beyond the ecological.