Silent Sunday – Garden Journal July 25-30, 2022

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) – Male

Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)

Ringed Assassin Bug Pselliopus cinctus on Liatris Spicata ‘Blazing Star’

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

Dahlia Decorative ‘Noordwijks Glorie’

Dahlia Decorative ‘Noordwijks Glorie’

Dahlia ‘Cafe Au Lait’

Dahlia ‘Gallery Pablo’

Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta)

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) – Open Wings

Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)

Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas)

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) – Female dark morph

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

Zinnia – Heard a different drummer

Zabulon Skipper (Lon zabulon)

Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)

Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)

Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola)

Hummingbird Clearwing (Hemaris thysbe)

Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius)

Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata)

16 thoughts on “Silent Sunday – Garden Journal July 25-30, 2022

    1. pbmgarden Post author

      Thanks Beth! I think the extreme heat and drought may have the zinnias experimenting with survival. Thought this one was interesting.

      Reply
  1. Kris P

    Beautiful shots, Beth! The ‘Cafe au Lait’ Dahlia’s coloration is interesting – I’ve seen ivory specimens and pink specimens but yours is a great mix of both. I love the butterfly, dragonfly and hummingbird moth pics.

    Reply
    1. pbmgarden Post author

      Thanks Kris. I really like that coffee cream color characteristic of ‘Cafe au Lait’ and am not so fond of the streaky version, but the dahlia is doing much better this year in terms of yield.

      Reply

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