Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) skull

5/15/2012
Found a skull! A small rodent skull though, nothing too exciting.
And, thanks to http://www.skullsite.co.uk/Squirrels/squirrels.htm, I was able to identify it as a squirrel skull!

I really like the fly on top of it, it really adds to it, huh?

Brown Lacewing (Hemerobioidea)

5/15/2012
dis is buggy, buggy sez hi
buggy keeps a ton of stuff on it's bag so it can blend with it's surroundings
woah, cool

Apparently... he might have been a larvae! I had no idea! I thought I saw some little legs or something. I mean I do... oh wait I found it! It's http://www.flickr.com/photos/lummydays/5125561965/ the same as this guy. My photos are not AS good but you can see a little detail maybe. HERE I found it, brown lacewing larva. It's not a larva like a butterfly, rather a little insect like thing that carries debris on it's back.  

"Trashbugs are immature brown lacewings. Like green lacewing larvae, brown lacewing larvae are predators, but some species cover themselves with debris and with the skins of their prey as a way to protect themselves from larger predators."

 cool. You don't see that very often! the species would be very difficult to determine because I don't have any defining characteristics about this guy

a little pile of trash walking? not quite

Passion Flower x alato-caerulea (Passiflora xalato-caerulea)

5/15/2012
went out mushroom hunting today! but I had to, just HAD to get some new fancy shmancy shots on my BRAND NEW CAMERA! well it's old but I just bought it off ebay. :D it's so nice. It's a Canon EOS Rebel. :D I love it! so here we go, check out this and my next few posts to see how AWESOME the pictures are <3
This, my friends, is a passion flower. Passiflora is a genus of flowers which contains about 500 species. And I'm going to find the exact one which this little guy is.
I believe it is X Alato-Caerulea, a hybrid apparently.

Passion Flower x alato-caerulea (Passiflora xalato-caerulea)
http://www.logees.com/Passion-Flower-x-alato-caerulea-Passiflora-xalato-caerulea/productinfo/R1470-2/

 I wanted to make it original size but it literally takes up all of the page.