So much cooler today than yesterday. Today 98, yesterday 99. LOL.
Yellow Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum) are blooming!
A side view!
A bud!
Another bud with the clear sap! The Plains Apache gathered the sap and chewed for gum, though it had a bitter taste. (Source: Plains Apache Ethnobotany, Julia A. Jordan)
A Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) had chose to hang out too!
They looked at me while I looked at them. 🙂
Just next to the Compass plant in the grass was a Blatchley Walkingstick (Manomera blatchleyi – tentative).
BugGuide says this species has a longer head and lacks a spines under the hind femora verses the Diapheromera species.
The moon was full yesterday but this morning it was still at 99%. And it didn’t pop! 😉
Cool marsupial. Would never imagine those colors. Moon shot is striking.
Thanks!
What a beautiful day.
Handsome screw worm sniffing German Shepherd. All those photos were great.
That’s a late blooming Silphium! Nice treat for late summer.
Indeed!
Jeanne, take it from one who remembers before screw worms were eliminated, they are easy to spot if your watching your livestock.