Congratulations to our 2014 winner!
This year the Florida Museum hosted its second ButterflyFest Facebook Photo Challenge! The challenge was designed to educate and promote awareness of wildlife and biodiversity through photography.
Photos had to include a depiction of wildlife and biodiversity together in a natural setting.
The first-place winner received a gift basket, including Museum merchandise and eight Butterfly Rainforest tickets.
The Florida Museum will display the winning photo through Dec. 1, 2014. This photo will also be included on the ButterflyFest website, and will be published in The Gainesville Sun on Saturday, Oct. 4.
Photo taken August 2014 at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington
Black-tailed Deer | Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
Flowers: Lupine | Lupinus latifolius; American bistort | Polygonum bistortoides; Magenta paintbrush | Castilleja parviflora
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Judges’ Award Winner
The judges chose this image as the best representation of the “Wildlife & Biodiversity” theme. The photo’s circular pattern and interaction among the flower, grasshopper and bee reminds viewers of the “circle (or web) of life.”
Photo taken July 2014 at Palm Sola Botanical Park in Bradenton, Fla.
Sweat Bee | Agapostemon splendens
Green grasshopper | Unidentified Acrididae
Flower: Zinnia blossom
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