This Stinks Too!
The species, Verbesina encelioides, stunk according to Shirley. While I can smell it, I certainly don’t think it smells that bad. In fact, my olfactory instrument say the Mexican Plums are really what smell bad. LOL. So the Verbesina encelioides goes by several common names including Cowpen Daisy, Golden Crownbeard, Butter Daisy to name a few. Most of the time I hear it called Cowpen Daisy in my neck of the woods(cowpens). Often found in pastures with livestock. Additionally it can be in many soils types that are disturbed. Not mentally but physically like think hooves disturbed. ;-).
So the Cowpen Daisies was only our first find! More to come!
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Keep looking!
The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know
That sure is a purty worm 😄
The common name on iNaturalist is Gilded Seedcropper
I had only looked in BugGuide, but Wagner’s Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern NA calls it Gilded Seedcropper too. But I won’t remember that. Ha Ha!
Cowpen daisy is a common host for Bordered Patch butterflies too.
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Good to know, thanks!