Sep 05 2013
Silver-Spotted Skipper Butterfly [Epargyreus clarus] on Butterfly Bush found at the Manna Food Bank demonstration garden in Asheville, North Carolina on 5 September 2013.
Butterflies and Moths of North America: Epargyreus clarus
Silver-Spotted Skipper Butterfly at Manna Food Bank – 5 September 2013
Silver-Spotted Skipper Butterfly (top) – 5 September 2013
Sep 04 2013
Gray Hairstreak Butterfly [Strymon melinus] found off Mills Gap Road in Fletcher, North Carolina on 4 September 2013.
Butterflies and Moths of North America: Strymon melinus
Gray Hairstreak Butterfly – 4 September 2013
Gray Hairstreak (side) – 4 September 2013
Sep 03 2013
Pink Turtlehead[Chelone lyonii] found at NC Arboretum on 3 September 2013. It’s a member of the Figwort (Scrophulariaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 94-95, states that it blooms in moist thickets in late summer and fall, and that it escaped from cultivated gardens.
USDA Plants Listing: Chelone lyonii
Pink Turtlehead at the Arboretum – 3 September 2013
Pink Turtlehead (side) – 3 September 2013
Aug 28 2013
Pickerelweed[Pontederia cordata] found near a pond at Fletcher Park on 28 August 2013. It’s a member of theWater-Hyacinth (Pontederiaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 50-51, states it blooms in summer and fall, commonly found “on margins of rivers and ponds.”
USDA Plants Listing: Pontederia cordata
Pickerelweed at Fletcher Park – 28 August 2013
Pickerelweed (alt) – 28 August 2013
Aug 28 2013
Common Buckeye Butterfly [Junonia coenia] on Sericea Lespedeza, found off Mills Gap Road in Fletcher, North Carolina on 28 August 2013.
Butterflies and Moths of North America: Junonia coenia
Common Buckeye Butterfly on Sericea Lespedeza in Fletcher, NC – 28 August 2013
Common Buckeye Butterfly (detail) – 28 August 2013
Common Buckeye Butterfly (zoom out) – 28 August 2013
Common Buckeye Butterfly – 6 September 2013
Aug 28 2013
Pearl Crescent Butterfly [Phyciodes tharos] found off Mills Gap Road in Fletcher, North Carolina on 28 August 2013.
Butterflies and Moths of North America: Phyciodes tharos
Pearl Crescent Butterfly in Fletcher, NC – 28 August 2013
Pearl Crescent Butterfly (zoom out) – 28 August 2013
Aug 28 2013
Viceroy Butterfly [Limenitis archippus] on Queen Anne’s Lace [Daucus carota], found off Mills Gap Road in Fletcher, North Carolina on 28 August 2013. Queen Anne’s Lace or Wild Carrot is a member of the Carrot (Apiaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 220-221, states it blooms in summer and fall and is a “very common weed of dry fields and waste places.”
Butterflies and Moths of North America: Limenitis archippus
USDA Plants Listing: Daucus carota
Viceroy Butterfly on Queen Anne’s Lace in Fletcher, NC – 28 August 2013
Viceroy on Queen Anne’s Lace (wide) – 28 August 2013
Viceroy Butterfly (detail) – 28 August 2013
Aug 24 2013
Carolina Buckthorn [Frangula caroliniana] found near White Pine Road in Fletcher, NC on 24 August 2013. This tree/shrub is a member of the Buckthorn (Rhamnaceae) family. Reader’s Digest North American Wildlife, page 317, says its habitat is “streambanks, rich bottomlands, [or] limestone ridges” and also lists it under the scientific synonym of Rhamnus caroliniana.
USDA Plants Listing: Frangula caroliniana
Carolina Buckthorn near White Pine Road – 24 August 2013
Carolina Buckthorn (darker) – 24 August 2013
Aug 24 2013
Wingstem [Verbesina alternifolia] found on White Pine Drive on 24 August 2013. It’s a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 376-377, says it blooms in late summer and fall and grows in rich soil. The guide lists it under its older scientific synonym of Actinomeris alternifolia.
USDA Plants Listing: Verbesina alternifolia
Wingstem on White Pine Drive – 24 August 2013
Wingstem (closer) – 24 August 2013
Wingstem (wide view) – 24 August 2013
Aug 23 2013
Aphrodite Fritillary Butterfly [Speyeria aphrodite] found near the Blue Ridge Parkway, milepost 437, along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, on 23 August 2013. It’s a member of the Longwing (Nymphalidae) family.
Butterflies and Moths of North America: Speyeria aphrodite
Aphrodite Fritillary on Blue Ridge Parkway – 23 August 2013
