Sept 20 and 21 photos

The petals drop from the yellow flower, then it elongates and opens into this firework burst of seeds. Here you can see the phases on the same plant.

 

 

Lots of monarchs in the area as we are in the migration route

 



Skipper

 



Lobelia

 



 

Leaf on the water

 

 

Mist flowers

 

 

 

Photos Sept 19

 

Gray Hairstreak

 

Brown eyed Susan's are almost gone but I like how the center of each flower opens up with it's on little flower 



 

 Showy partridge pea

 

 

Aster



 

Skipper

 



I chased this guy halfway across a field! I didn't know what I was chasing. Until this point all I knew was that it was something that flew. I was thinking katydid but got grasshopper.

 



Chickweed Geometer

This colorful, butterfly-like moth flies during the day. It’s called a geometer (“earth measurer”) because the larvae are “inchworms” that loop their bodies with each “step” they take.

 



 

Old schoolhouse

 

 

 This guy's name is what he looks like. He's a yellow antenna black spider wasp.

Spider wasps use a spider as a host for feeding their larvae. They paralyse the spider with a sting and drag it to the nest. A single egg is laid on the abdomen of the spider and the nest is sealed. When the egg hatches, the larva feeds on the spider. Ewww!

 



Nuts!

 



Photos from September 13 to 17

Once again I have let myself get behind on posting photos and as I go through these I see several photos of deer and I always photograph them when I see them. Since these photos span several days, you are going to see several shots of deer.

 

This guy is called a Red-Spotted Purple

 

 

Heading south

 



Nothing but shell--and tail

 



White feather

 



 

Happy smiles

 

 

This is a tiny one

 

 

The dam

 

 

 His house is right beside the road

 

 

Dang those power lines!

 

 

With the light behind this woodpecker you can't really see him but you can sure tell what he's doing!