ACTUAL SIZE AT HATCHING (8″ to 10″)
FOOD FISH (gar, bass, etc.) BIRDS TURTLES (soft-shelled and others) MAMMALS RACCOON SNAPPING TURTLE GREEN HERON
40 TO 60 EGGS LAID IN NEST OF HUMUS IN MAY OR JUNE
MOTHER TENDS YOUNG 1 TO 2 YEARS
1 YEAR OLD: ABOUT 2′ LONG
ALLIGATOR HOLE IN THE GLADES
SNOWY EGRET WHITE IBIS WOOD STORK MOSQUITO (15 species) SNAIL EGGS PIG FROG ALLIGATOR NEST DRY SEASON WATER LEVEL GAMBUSIA KILLIFISH SUNFISH LARGEMOUTHED BASS FLORIDA SPOTTED GAR FLORIDA SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE 1 SPIKE RUSH 2 PINK GERARDIA 3 SPIDER LILY 4 CATTAIL 5 PICKEREL WEED 6 ARROWHEAD 7 WATER LILY 8 SPATTERDOCK 9 BLADDERWORT 10 ALLIGATOR FLAG 11 MORNINGGLORY