Schinia gaurae moth (the clouded crimson) caterpillar on false gaura! We counted nine around our 1.75 mi loop. The tall rosettes of the false gaura were nice to see since they look just like my garden one. A Schinia moth I haven’t identified feeding on aster flowers. This bumblebee loved the Salvia azurea. Back of two spotted bumblebee where you can see the spots!Funnel web spider says no pictures, please. A tree cricket hiding on Liatris. The seed pod of a Baptisia. Mom said possibly B. australis var. minorPaula found two big beautiful lynx spider mommas! Wow! This is one guarding its egg sac. A tiny caterpillar on false gaura. The first Solomon’s seal I’ve seen in the wild! We have several in the yard but no idea if they’re volunteers or planted. Probably a buckwheat, the botany consulting committee says. Abby, Mom, and Jeanne also agreed this was probably a dwarf lead plant. Paula found a magnificent sumac leaf turning yellow to red. The Sumac is really turning beautiful reds all over!
2 Replies to “10/09/2022 Saxon park”
Whoa, Saxon Park looks like a pretty amazing place. Nice mix of high and medium succession plants pictured. I’m curious to know the IDs of those cats.
Whoa, Saxon Park looks like a pretty amazing place. Nice mix of high and medium succession plants pictured. I’m curious to know the IDs of those cats.
It’s a lovely city park!! Identification where known has been added.