This spectacular Palamedes swallowtail (Papilio palamedes) doesn't seem to notice (or care) about the Green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans), poised to strike just below him.

September 2021 has brought hot and dry weather to Central Florida. So what is an exotic Cuban tree frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) to do? The frog pictured above has sought refuge in the blooms of another exotic, the allamanda vine (Allamanda cathartica) growing up a queen palm in my front yard. Recent years have brought long, dry weather periods in September and October and we're experiencing another of those epic dry periods now. As for the frog. I "sprinkle" him with the hose periodically. I noticed that others frogs are joining him. They have to move to new flowers every day as the allamanda loses its blooms daily.

Phillip's Natural World