Here are some of the most viewed animals and other wildlife encounters for Central Florida. View recent wildlife or most viewed wildlife in Central Florida.

YIKES! Talk about hairy legs: Female Regal Jumping Spider

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H'ordeuvres anyone? Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper

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What's the opposite of itzy bitzy? Yellow Garden Spider
Orb-weaver Spider

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Bullseye: Juvenile Yellow Garden Spider
Orb-weaver Spider

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Careful....don't touch: Stinging Slug Caterpillar on Florida Native Southern Bayberry aka wax myrtle

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Yes, it is as big as it looks: Eastern Lubber Grasshopper

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Not always beneficial: Green lynx spider dines on a pollinator
Spider

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Common Green Darner Dragonfly moulting

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How many Peucetia viridans (Green Lynx) spider babies can you count? Use "full size" photo
Spider

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Sleak and beautiful: Florida Banded Watersnake
Southern Water Snake

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The Butterflies of Holopaw, a video presentation
Butterfly

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Blending in: Unicorn Caterpillar shown on Florida Native Plant Redbud
Moth

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Just call me grandma: Northern Mockingbird Babies were born!

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Most Likely Whirlabout Skipper Butterfly

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Banded Garden Spider (Argiope trifasciata) bottom view
Orb-weaver Spider

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4 egg Mockingbird nest
Northern Mockingbird

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PEEE-EWWWW! Stinkhorn Mushroom (Clathrus columnatus)

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Catch of the Day: Male Regal Jumping Spider

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Peninsula Ribbonsnake cautious and friendly
Ribbon Snake

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Paw Paws pay off: Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly

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Eastern amberwing dragonfly hangs out over pond
Dragonfly

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Carolina Saddlebags Dragonfly

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Caterpillar of the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly on host Florida Native Netted Pawpaw

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Basking under blue skies Longjawed Orb Weaver spider (Leucauge argyra)
Orb-weaver Spider

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Shiny Blueberry great low growing Native Florida Shrub
Blueberries

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The tinest toad....Oak Toad

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Caterpillar of The Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio polyxenes)

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Phaon Crescent Butterfly sips nectar from non-native Florida Tasselflower

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Giant Swallowtail larvae on Persian Lime Tree
Swallowtail Butterfly

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Blending In: Unicorn Caterpillar Moth (Schizura unicornis)

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American Kestrel high atop a light pole #wildlifegarden

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200th Wildobs Entry: Eastern Bluebird Fledgling...Just out of the nest

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Pale Green Horsefly sipping nectar
Insect

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My First Barking Treefrog
Barking Tree Frog

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FORE! in the rough: Puff Ball mushroom
Mushroom

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Palamedes Swallowtail Caterpillar Larvae shown on Red Bay
Swallowtail Butterfly

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A reason to keep dead trees (snags) standing: Red-shouldered hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk

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Signs of Spring: Dragonfly Nymph

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Larvae of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly

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Peeeee ewww! Black Stink Bug!
Florida Predatory Stink Bug

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