Stuart's Signal Hill Trail head |
goldenrod |
sweet everlasting |
switch grass flowers pale yellow |
purple gerardia |
sunflowers |
look closely for the gray "deer foot" moss between the blades of grass |
the edge of the woods the last field before the trail to Lewis house. |
field seen from the edge of woods where the Lewis house stead was. |
back into the woods |
lichen on the rocks and bark in the woods |
in bright sun the great lobelia's blue flowers by the creek |
by the creek blue flowers of great lobelia, lower right side |
blue flower great lobelia at the edge of creek |
closer view of the great lobelia |
remarkable grass going to seed |
Stuart's hill today |
brown and orange butterflies are called Pearl Crescents (Phyciodes tharos) in the grass field on white asters |
two of these pearl crescent butterflies were the size of a quarter or smaller |
"red velvet ant" that raced along the trail running from my camera is actually a female wasp |
this wasp lays eggs on bumble bee larvae and have a sting that hurts so much it's also called a Cow Killer wasp. |
Keith marching along beside me on the trail through the field |
Proof I had company |
there he is the little frog or toad that jumped on the trail |
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https://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg344.html
Red Velvet Ant is a wingless wasp which can sting and cause a pain so painful it is said it could kill a cow!
Glad we didn't try to pick her up today.
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