I checked out wildflowers at Perch Creek and Moore WMA today. As I have mentioned before, it is so much different than last year. Everything is very prolific. Wildflowers are not my area of expertise, but I try to identify them.
At Perch Creek I came across a small dark pink plant called Slender False Foxglove that I never actually noticed before.
Conditions were not the best for butterflies, but some were out, including lots of Pearl Crescents. They seem to be very abundant this summer. There was a Giant Swallowtail and Eastern Tailed-Blues to photograph. Below is a very small Silvery Checkerspot. I did not realize it until I downloaded the photograph! I had lots there at Moore WMA earlier in the summer form the first brood of normal size.
SILVERY CHECKERSPOT
At Moore WMA many plants were in bloom, especially tall yellow ones. Some Spiked (or Dense) Blazing Star was still in bloom, as well as Ironweed. Butterflies included a couple of Buckeye and Eastern Commas along the road. A couple of worn Great-spangled Fritillaries were checking out the Ironweed. The only skipper was, once again, Silver-spotted. A couple of very worn Wood Nymphs were still flying.
Compass Plant
Rosinweed
Purple Coneflower
Pennsylvania Leatherwing beetles on coreopsis
Sneezeweed
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