💜 #DYK American Beautyberry gets its purple color from plant pigments called anthocyanin, or antioxidants to protect the plant!
🍇 “Berry” excited to highlight the #SpecimenOfTheWeek!
✨American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
✨Credit Alex Abir on @inaturalist.bsky.social
🐦 #DYK Blue jay color comes from the structure of the feathers, and not from a pigment!
🪶 "Fly" with us we highlight the our #SpecimenoftheWeek
Marble Bowl ends Sunday, Nov 30!
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✨Credit user willowywisp on @inaturalist.bsky.social
✨Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
💄#DYK the Lipstick Darter is only found in the Tallapoosa River system!
🐟 "Swim" along as we highlight our #SpecimenoftheWeek while we compete to win the Marble Bowl!
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✨Credit user gavin45997 on @inaturalist.bsky.social
✨Lipstick Darter (Nothonotus chuckwachatte)
🍃#DYK katydids are masters of disguise?
✨"Blend" in with us as we highlight our #SpecimenoftheWeek while we compete to win the Marble Bowl!
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✨Credit user mscall on @inaturalist.bsky.social
✨Lesser Anglewing (Microcentrum retinerve)
Common eastern bumblebee visits a small white aster flower
🐝 #DKY bumblebees are expert pollinators thanks to BUZZ pollination? They use vibrations from their wings to shake pollen loose from flowers!
💛 BEEcome part of our #Marblebowl team to get highlighted on our #SpecimenoftheWeek 🏆
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✨Credit user dora74 on #inaturalist
