[OM] IMGs: butterflies, flowers, and other images to wrap up summer

[usher99]

The give away on the Black Swallowtail is the thistle.  I don't think 
the Spicebush frequent those.  See side by side comparison--hope the 
link works.

http://tinyurl.com/2bq2gqe

They can be tough to differentiate--at least for me.

It is an atlas and not a field guide so doesn't point out the 
differences.


I think the Sate Fair are a cultivar.   Marnie considers them the  
Zuiko of zinnias--rarely disappoint.  We plant them every year.

http://www.backyardgardener.com/plantname/pda_4205.html

Hit on the Google plant images for pics.
Not sure how they were named though.

Monarchs like 'em too.  Great shots of the Black ST again--I am 
jealous.   :-)  Not easy to sneak up on them.

Mike


JW writes:
"Thanks for supplying the name for the black butterfly.  Too lazy to
look it up.  They were more furtive than the monarchs and I only
encountered them on lonely roads when the thistle were in peak bloom.
I couldn't get them to sit their wings for me, but from what you say I
guess I was lucky to get them to sit.

What does State Fair mean in this context?  A brand name?  An
occasion?  A place"

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