Animals
  Birds
    Black and white warbler (Mniotilta varia)
    Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
    Chicken (Gallus domesticus)
    Eastern screech owl (Megascops asio)
      More often heard than seen. Seem to have gone missing recently. 
    Eurasian collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
      More common (or more conspicuous) here than the native mourning dove, it looks similar but larger and stockier with a black stripe around the back of the neck. Often heard cooing and screeching.
    Fish crow (Corvus ossifragus)
      Visually similar to but smaller than the American crow, it has a great, nasally voice. They have greater resistance to West Nile virus than their American crow cousins. They hang out in huge flocks and I absolutely adore them.  
    LBB - little brown birds
    Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
    Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
    Spot-breasted oriole (Icterus pectoralis)
    Swift hawk aka Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

  Bugs
    Ants
    Bees
    Beetles
    - June bug aka Maybeetle (Phyllophaga sp.)
      More of a year-round bug around these parts. I'm not sure what the actual species is. Absolute dumbasses. If you see one you can be sure it's in the process of dying of clumsiness. 
    Butterflies and moths
	  - Monk Skipper (Asbolis capucinus)
	  - Little brown "hawk"/"moth" lookin butterflies that seem to love the Turnera ulmifolia "buttercup bush"
	  - Polka-dot Wasp Moth (Syntomeida epilais)
    Cockroaches
    - American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
      Here in Florida it is often referred to as "palmetto bug" in polite company, but that name refers to an entirely different species that prefers wild habitats. The American cockroach isn't even originally from the Americas, so what the heck is going on? Often heard flying (!) and hitting the windows as they look for a way inside on rainy nights. I wish they'd leave.
    Dragonflies and damselflies
    - Eastern amberwing
    - Eastern pondhawk
    - Halloween pennant
    
    Diving beetles
    "Flies"
    Hessian fly aka barley midge aka midge fly (Mayetiola destructor)
      Mostly noticed by their larvae, with are aquatic, red and wormlike, living inside little tubes they construct out of slime. Fish love to eat em
    Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens)
      Large, black insects, kinda "waspy" looking. They have a sorta creepy pupal stage.
    Ladybugs
    - Chilocorus stigma - "twice-stabbed ladybeetle"
      (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
      They feed on scale insects on the bamboo on the eastern fence. They seem to be there year round. It's said they'll also eat aphids in a pinch, but I can never get them interested.
    Mosquitoes
    Pondskaters
    Snails
    Spiders
    - Golden orb weaver
    - "House spider"
    - Spinybacked orbweaver aka spiny orb weaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis)
    Springtails
    Wasps
    Woodlice
    "Worms"
    
  Fish
    Balloon molly
    Mosquito fish
    Platy
    Pleco
    Pond loach
    
  Mammals
    Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)
    Common raccoon aka stripe-assed pool shitter (Procyon lotor)
      Gotta love em gotta hate em
    Domestic cat (Felis catus)
    Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
    Mouse (unidentified species)
    Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
    
  Reptiles
    Anoles
    - Brown anole 
    - Carolina anole
    - Crested anole
    - Knight anole
    Glass snake aka glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis)
      A weird lizard with no legs. 
      I refuse to call them glass lizards because though it's more correct, it loses the point. "Glass" refers to their defensive tail-shedding tactic, but LOTS of lizards do that. It's their leglessness that makes them stand apart. So, being legless lizards that can shed their tails, it's a bit like they're a snake made of glass. You can't seperate the two. It's glass snake or you gotta change the whole name. Sorry zoologists. 
    Green iguana
    House gecko
    Northern curly-tailed lizard
    - Snakes
      Black racer aka blacksnake (Coluber constrictor)
      Red corn snake aka rat snake (Pantherophis guttatus)
      
  Amphibians
      
Plants
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    Areca palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
    Bidens pilosa
      "Spanish Needles". Leggy "daisy" looking flower, white petals, round yellow center. Makes a white puffball that turns into lots of little asshole burs, long and black with two barbs at one end. They don't hurt though, thank goodness. 
    Bougainvillea spp. 
      It's that vine/tree with the leaf flowers that you see growing around every bougie shopping area in places that stay warm year-round. BIG OL' SPIKES. Overplayed but it's understandable. Iguanas love to eat the leaves.
    Clusia
      A bush or tree with thick, teardrop shaped leaves. Weirdly fragile, but never gives up. Apparently you can make incense with the sap, but I've never tried it. 
    Coconut tree (Cocos nucifera)
	Cenchrus
      Asshole grass. Seeds are covered in spikes and love to puncture your skin. Otherwise a nice, lush looking grass. It's a jerk but it's native here so I try to leave it alone. 
    Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
      You know what a pineapple is.
    Plumeria aka frangipani (Plumeria rubra)
      Cute, stumpty, thick tree with big green leaves and unusual flowers. You can propegate the branches just by chopping them off and planting them in the ground. Very cool fella.
    Powderpuff mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa)
      Nice, ancient looking groundcover with cute pink puffball flowers. You can have this all over your yard instead of grass. If you poke the fern-like leaves, they fold up! 
    Rockweed aka artillery plant (Pilea microphylla)
      An attractive little plant with cute, almost succulent leaves. Prefers the shade, often growing beneath bamboo.
    Sage
    - Common sage
    - Mexican sage
    Spurges
      - various
    Turnera ulmifolia
      lil yellow fellas

Fungi