Dsmith74 16 Report post Posted May 6, 2012 Just a few phone snaps while out and about this weekend. Plenty of insect activity:We cut down this maple last fall and now it's a butterfly magnet.By the way, is it just me or are Admirals everywhere this spring? Nice camouflage. Good luck with your ambush. Classic complimentary color scheme.If you're eating that Eleagnus umbellata tell your friends. Not sure what you're doing in there,but based on that frozen mess it looks likeI won't be fishing quince out of the pond this year. You I could do without. Also a few insect removers: Hi guys! Leapin' Lizards!Well, scrambling anyway. And a few miscellaneous: Nobody steals my wheel rims withCampsis security on the case Took this ash down last fall too.Can you spot the structural defect? Biggest crop ever and I didn'tget to roast a single one! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carolm 1 Report post Posted May 7, 2012 Its not just you--the red admirals are in a frenzy this year! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Janet Macunovich 32 Report post Posted May 31, 2012 Love looking at your photo walk. Thinking about printing it out as a story book, "See who we can find in the garden", better than the cow-pig-sheep books I've been reading to our granddaughter, for sure. Seems like a lot of people miss the life all around them out the back door. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cricket 7 Report post Posted June 2, 2012 Total BUMMER I paid $9 for 12 oz. and they fall at your feet... Biggest crop ever and I didn'tget to roast a single one! We've experienced the usual bumper crop of Admiral's this year - along with new additions of eastern and black swallowtails, and a first - one ragged looking great spangled fritillary that spent the better part of an afternoon flitting in the violet patch - hopefully laying eggs... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dsmith74 16 Report post Posted June 2, 2012 I still see the spicebush swallowtails hanging around. I was afraid my drastic reduction of the sassafras population might cause them to disappear, but on reflection I suppose even with my clearing there is still a LOT of sassafras around.Nearly every daisy had a lurker out in the old hayfield.Nice and fat, too, so they must be successful. Hopefully, with the lily pads filling in, the kingfishers and herons won't be fattening on my fish. Hello, hawkweed! Goodbye, grapes! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites