These delightful little flowers puzzled the heck out of me when I found them growing along the margins of the…
I always enjoy watching American Emeralds patrolling an area, because the bronzy thorax and bright green eyes almost glow in…
As I mentioned in the blog South Prairie, I had never before managed to find this elegant plant in bloom, and I…
The first time I ever found these pretty little blues was on a Father’s Day weekend camping trip to Big…
While Apocynum androsaemifolium does attract insects from several different orders, it is as a nectar plant for lepidoptera that it really shines.…
People who call Four-spotted skimmers dull colored have obviously never seen fresh ones. They are not flashy, but they are…
This native shrub has been eluding my observation for years, because I either just didn’t notice it because it wasn’t…
When I was sitting on my stool alongside the Burnt Bridge Creek trail trying to identify the Phacelia nemoralis that I recently…
When in bloom this is the most readily identifiable hedge nettle in our region, because the flowers are much larger…
I found this handsome member of the family Erebidae on the same trip to the Vancouver Lake bottoms that I…