Seen beside the road this week in central Ontario
Starting with the largest square and moving clockwise: inside an oxeye daisy a golden crab spider capturing a woodland skipper, bird's-foot trefoil, wild blackberries, blue eyed grass, yellow lady's-slipper, bladder campion
For those who are interested in the botanical names (because common names often vary around the world):
oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
wild blackberries (Rubus fruticosus)
blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)
yellow lady's-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum)
bladder campion (Silene vulgaris)
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13 comments:
Thank you for posting all the names of these lovely roadside beauties. I especially like yellow lady's slipper. I remember as a child learning one was not allowed to pick lady's slipper in New Hampshire.
All the flowers have shut down for the winter here. There look fantastic though!
I learn soemthing today, I didn't know daisies capture insects.
superb! such wonderful colours - full of joy!
Wonderful collage!I'm always learning with you and your beautiful blog, thanks for those names.
hugs
Léia
I'm amazed at the beauty to be found along the road. I often stop on the way to the garden to take a picture of something, be it animal or vegetation. Love the collage.
Excellent collage, EG. You have such a good eye for nature---everything else too. Does your hat still fit--hahahaha!!!
Anyway---the pictures are great. MB
I'm going to use these as a guide for me next week.
It's so much fun to see what's growing on the roadside. You have quite a diverse group here and thanks for the identifications.
Beautiful and I appreciate the names. I just noticed some skippers on my verbena, but I can never figure out what they are.... Lovely for Nature Notes....Michelle
Just this morning I had a little brown bird land on my office windowsill and proceed to eat a live cricket. It was grisly. Now I see this! ;)
What a day!
I like them all...the butterfly looks like it is a part of the flower almost.
Wonderful nature mosaic. The yellow lady slipper is pretty, I only see the pink lady slipper around here.
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