How can you not feel jubilant after seeing this teeny tiny juvenile JUNONIA? I can only imagine jubilance Jean felt when she found it.
Over the weekend, I met Jean (Vermont) doing the Sit ‘n Sift on the huge shell pile at Blind Pass and she told me about a really purple FIGHTING CONCH she found earlier in the week. Before I knew it, she had gone to her cottage across the street to get that purple shell plus a few others. These are three gorgeous color variations of FIGHTING CONCHS she had brought back to the beach to show me.
Unfortunatley, you can’t really see just how purple the left CONCH is from this photo but maybe it’s because that orange is so vibrant in the middle one but trust me, it is really much more violet in person.
So after I took pictures of these CONCHS, she brought out another bag with this exquisite treasure that just about knocked me out of my flip flops…
Jean brought this cutie little JUNONIA back to the island to show a friend what she had found several years ago at Blind Pass Captiva. I’m so glad she did so we would get to see it too!
I asked her if she had seen the exhibit at the 2012 Sanibel Shell Show of the juvenile JUNONIAS that Weezie Sachs won a Red Ribbon for. She had seen it too!
The one she found is even smaller than both of those. Of course since we were on the beach, I didn’t have a coin to show a size comparison but you can see just how small this treasure is by looking at it next to her rings on her finger. Amazing! It’s so sweet and tiny!
It’s my new fave mini I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much for sharing your shells with us, Jean!
PS- I have to give a BIG shout out to Yvonne Greer! I would have missed this big shell pile at Blind Pass if it wasn’t for her contacting me to spread the shelling news. I hadn’t had a chance to get down to Blind Pass to check on the shells on my own so thank you Yvonne! We would have missed this baby JUNONIA and all the other goodies on my last post.
OMG it’s so cute!
That is the cutest little junonia!!
oh how i love those tiny shells!
The PERFECT mini!! Hope that pile is still there starting this Saturday!! :)
love, love, love it!!!
How CUTE!!!!!! I love it!! Congratulations on the great find!!
Ooooooo………. me want one toooooo!
That is so cool….
Oh my goodness, that’s probably the cutest thing I ever saw!
Too sweet!!
A mini Junonia…how cool is that! Love it. Also, isn’t it just amazing how many different and glorious colors the Fighting Conchs come in? Last visit my husband, Rick and I, collected quite a nice color variation. Do you think it’s genetics or what they eat? Probably genetics. It is a wonder. Thank you for sharing once again, Ms. Pam! Oh, and Clark too!
I’M SO JEALOUS!!!!! I wish I had a tiny Junonia to go in my tiny shell collection. …some day…
I am still searching away for mine lucky Jean and all you other shellers. I was in Marco with the Sarasota Shell Club. Found 6 top shells a couple of candy’s as you call them Pamand a gorgeous lace murex. I am Santiva next trip for sure.
Just goes to show, the mini’s can steal the show from the big shells!! Congratulations Jean!!
What a sweet treasure!!
What a treat to see a mini Junonia! Somehow I didn’t imagine a mini Junonia but I guess they are all minis at some point…what a great find! Beautiful conchs too, Jean.
How exciting! I would be elated if I found that! Congrats Jean!
That is freaking adorable! WANT.
What a cutie-patootie. I love the conchs. I found one that was purple in the apertures too but it wasn’t purple on the outside.
Perfection.
that is the cutest thing ever!
This may not be the right place to ask this – if not, if anyone can tell me where to get this info, I’d surely appreciate it. We are planning on bringing our 8 y/o grandson to Sanibel in June, as soon as school is out. Hubby is on dialysis, so I need to keep the young one occupied while hubby is away having his treatments and if he doesnt’ feel well. I saw a web site with this Red Coconut Campground online. It’s right on the beach. Does anyone know anything about this campground? Is it clean? How are the facilities? Good neighborhood? We like to go on Sanibel. NOne of the cg’s on the island allow pets, which we have. ANy suggestions of a nice campground, close to the beach? Must allow pets – I don’t leave home without them. :o) Would like to have cable and internet availability. Thanks.
Wanda, I am so sorry I don’t have any info for you. I don’t know of the Red Coconut and I’m not familiar with the pet-friendly campgrounds. I hope you find your answers!