Inspiration for Tuesday, July 21 – 2009
Working
You know I couldn’t let the summer go by without a photo of milkweed. The flying bee was just a lucky bonus. I have noticed that although the butterflies don’t seem to be around in appreciable numbers, the bees have taken up the slack. Milkweed and catmint honey!
After more research, and confirmation from BJ Parady, an Inspiration Tuesday moth was correctly identified, I believe, by Louise Schiele as an Abbott’s Sphinx moth. Thank you, Louise!
Tomorrow continues Nature Notes’ week. Mixed-media artwork – - small, evocative, natural.
Tags: Nature photo
I too have noticed the absence of Monarch butterflies here in Vermont. I haven’t seen many butterflies of any kind. Maybe it’s all the rain. Makes me sad but I’m glad we have bees at least. Lovely photo.
beautiful!