fauna – Page 12 – red paper boat

Monarch

September 12, 2012November 15, 2015 Shelly

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) on Zinnia

This guy was VERY shy. Every time I went out to get a photo, he flew off.

The last couple of weeks have been filled with drama-llama-ding-dong. The cherry on top was waking up early Monday morning to Harriet having a grand mal seizure. As far as I know, she’s never had one before. Hopefully it will turn out to be an isolated incident. It’s likely though, since she’s an old dog, that it was caused by a brain tumor. If so, she’ll have more seizures, and they will get progressively worse and more frequent as the tumor grows. For now, since we don’t know what’s going on, we’re in “wait and see” mode.

You would not know that anything had happened judging by Harriet, though. Within half a minute of the seizure, she was up and asking to go outside, and then she came in and demanded breakfast.

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Today’s Visitor

August 27, 2012November 13, 2015 Shelly

Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on Butterfly Bush

That little blur at the bottom of the second photo is a Hobomok skipper.

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Painted Lady

August 25, 2012November 13, 2015 Shelly

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) on Zinnia

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Deadhead and Bumblebee

August 9, 2012February 28, 2016 Shelly

Deadhead

Bumblebee

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Gang Wars in Zinniatown

August 3, 2012February 28, 2016 Shelly

Hi! Remember me? I’ve been busy doing lots of nothing. And by nothing, I mean NOTHING. I have new neighbors who decided that the middle of the night was the perfect time to move in, and they’re stompy stompers, so I’m over tired and totally lacking in any kind of sense of humor about the situation. Seriously, do they HAVE to drop boxes on my head at 1am? I DO NOT THINK SO.

And then they woke me up at the asscrack of dawn, which means I was wandering around aimlessly at butterfly o’clock. And my camera was handy. So I took some pictures, which is kind of like doing something. It may be all I accomplish today.

Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok) on Zinnia

And then this adorable little honey bee came along and chased off the skipper and stole his flower. Poor skipper.

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Silver-spotted Skipper

July 28, 2012February 28, 2016 Shelly

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) on Zinnia

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Monarch and Zinnia

July 27, 2012June 20, 2017 Shelly

I had a visitor this afternoon.

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Cobweb Weaver

July 26, 2012February 28, 2016 Shelly

Cobweb weaver with hatchlings and egg sacs

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Silver-spotted Skipper

July 25, 2012February 28, 2016 Shelly

The butterflies love zinnias.

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Flowers

July 17, 2012February 28, 2016 Shelly

I got the big camera out, for a change. I was hoping to get a few photos of my four o’clocks, but it’s overcast and by the time it’s late enough in the day for them to open, the decent light will be gone. Maybe tomorrow. There are some pink and yellow variegated ones that are very pretty. You’ll have to make do with zinnias, because I’m not tired of them yet. I may never get tired of them.