Below is a table showing all of the sightings of blue buttons (Porpita porpita) reported to me via emails by my website and blog visitors. As you can see, I get reports of sightings from all over the world, but mainly from Florida and Texas. I’ve been seeing an increase in reports from North Carolina […]
2010 has been the year of the Blue button. They are washing up in large numbers from Texas beaches through Florida and up the Eastern seaboard to the beaches of North Carolina. This particularly beautiful photo was shared by Leah Miller. It was taken near San Luis Pass / 8-Mile Beach in Galveston Texas in […]
Question: When is a jellyfish NOT a jellyfish? Answer: When it’s a siphonophore or a chondrophore. Prefer to listen to this blog post rather than read it? Click the play button on the player below. It’s about 5 minutes of me blathering on about jellyfish: Recently I was taken to task in a politely pedantic […]
The reports of Man-of-War jellyfish on Florida’s Atlantic Ocean coast just keep pouring in. These easterly winds are blowing them in out of the Gulf Stream. Expect them to keep coming in as long as the easterlies continue. All the jellyfish photos on this page were submitted by Craig and Nina Beaudry of Sebring, Florida […]
March often brings strandings of Man-of-War jellyfish on Florida’s Atlantic coast beaches. Visitor Ann McConnell sent in these photos from Miami Beach, taken on March 8, 2010. She noted that she saw about 30 of these creatures on the beach. In late February several people sent photos of Purple Sea Snails on Fort Lauderdale Beach. […]
I’ve been cooped up in the house all week so I just had to take advantage of the clear weather this afternoon and take a walk on the beach. I’ll shut up and let the pictures do the talking.
Posted by David McRee on BlogTheBeach.com Each year thousands of people encounter stinging jellyfish or step on a sting ray. They turn to the internet to find help. Two physicians prominent in wilderness medicine and in the treatment of injuries from marine organisms published an article in EMPulse, which is an official publication of the […]
Posted by David McRee at BlotTheBeach.com. I’ve been getting lots of reports and photos of blue buttons this summer. Most are from either the northern gulf coast, or from the central and northeast Atlantic coast of the state. Several people have commented that they’ve been coming to Florida beaches for decades and have never seen […]
Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. Getting stung by a jellyfish is enough to ruin your day at the beach, so finding a way to prevent and to treat stings is a high priority for the folks at Stingmate. They are constantly testing their product and listening to feedback from first responders who use it […]
