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09.12.2020 Saturday last Saturday
Although my understanding of when Sundew would be flowering was faulty, I did get a chance to photograph a flower when I went to Gauco Pond last weekend (The same day I shot the red-legged grasshopper I posted earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in Central Massachusetts, Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Tagged Boneset Thoroughwort, Cardinal Flower, Eupatorium perfoliatum, flora, intimate landscape, Lobelia cardinalis, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Red Lobelia, Wildflowers
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08.19.2020 Fiery Dragon
How an insect is named is often interesting. I’ve had this moth, a Mint-loving Pyrausta-Pyrausta acrionalis, visit the boneset for years. As I was putting this post together I wondered about the name and found that Pyrausta is a mythological … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Insects, Lepidoptera, macro photography, Moths, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Boneset Thoroughwort, Crambid, Eupatorium perfoliatum, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, Mint-loving Pyrausta, moth, New England, Pyrausta acrionalis, western massachusetts
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08.08.2020 Glinda the good mosquito
Not exactly a good witch but not a bad mosquito either. Elephant mosquitoes-Toxorhynchites rutilus don’t pursue blood meals but sip flower nectar such as that of this Boneset Thoroughwort-Eupatorium perfoliatum. Although it looks to be in danger, the Leather Bug aka … Continue reading