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Mistletoe in Arizona
Juniper Mistletoe (Phoradendron juniperinum). Looking back at photos from a trip to the Southwest. Such a wonderful part of the country. I love to roam out there. To find new plants and animals. This, a species of Mistletoe that I was not familiar with. Juniper Mistletoe is a plant that grows on Juniper trees in…
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More Hickory
Continuing on a thread that I started yesterday. These nuts are Bitternut Hickory. All Hickory nuts are edible but with this one, as the name implies, is one that you might want to skip. There are much better nuts in the woods. Some moths have the Hickory tree as their host plant. One that is…
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Variegated Fritillary
Unlike other Fritillaries, that exclusively use native Violets as their host plant, the Variegated Fritillary depends on many plants as its host plant including those Violets and also Passion Vine, Pansy, Purslane, Mayapple, Flax, and others. The Variegated Fritillary has a “long” life as an adult compared to some other butterflies, living between two and…
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Great Spangled Fritillary
One of many species of Fritillary that depend on native violets as their host plant, Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele). They’re seen in the central and northern United States and southern Canada sporting a wingspan of about three inches. Many adult butterflies have a very short life. In contrast, adult Great Spangled Fritillaries live from…
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Violets for the Birthday Girl
She’s celebrating her 104th birthday. Absolutely marvelous. She’s part of an amazing family. A family that brings love to everything they do. And she loves Violets. So Violets it will be. There are somewhere between four hundred and five hundred different species of Violets in the genus Viola, and those Violets are scattered all over…