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Carol LaFayette

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Artist in a microforest in Texas. Observations on INaturalist at claf: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=claf&verifiable=any

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Carol LaFayette

@forestcitizen.bsky.social

Herzog’s Aguirre

December 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM

Carol LaFayette

@forestcitizen.bsky.social

After 12 rejections by almost every festival I sent it to, "In June" was just selected for an award by Pegasus Films, London, via FilmFreeway.com. Hurrah!

pegasusfilmawards.com

clafayette.com/injune/injun...

#Naturalists #Insects #Video

Two spiders backlit in a web looking like a Balinese shadow play.

September 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM

Carol LaFayette

@forestcitizen.bsky.social

Big fat gangsters plundering and pillaging with giant money sacks while the White House burns in the background.

June 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM

Carol LaFayette

@forestcitizen.bsky.social

Two spiders performing a Balinese shadow play.

Female spider on left, male on right, backlit through a web, making dramatic silhouettes

March 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM

Carol LaFayette

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What a couple of ugly men.

Trump and Vance waving their hands at Zelenskyy

February 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM

Carol LaFayette

@forestcitizen.bsky.social

Elm Sawfly
#iNat
#NaturePhotography

Sawfly stretched out, a black stripe on its back, with a weird pea-shaped head

November 30, 2024 at 4:03 PM

Carol LaFayette

@forestcitizen.bsky.social

Question Mark butterfly, Central Texas.

Question Mark butterfly in a pile of leaves, with its wings closed. Looks just like the leaves

Question Mark butterfly in a pile of leaves with its wings partially open, showing its bright side in shadow.

Question Mark butterfly in pile of leaves with its wings fully open, showing the bright markings on its topside, with white outlines on its wings, greenish yellow body, and black and yellow spots on its yellow and orange background..

November 26, 2024 at 3:38 PM

Carol LaFayette

@forestcitizen.bsky.social

Carolina Sphinx caterpillar, Central Texas. The red horn is a harmless appendage that's shed as the caterpillar matures. The caterpillar is left with a "button" on its rump in its last instar.