Biologist, very amateur photographer of local flora and fauna. All photos are my originals except where noted 🇺🇦
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@justagirl52.bsky.social
A pearl crescent visiting an inflorescence of the native wildflower, blackroot. #wildflowers #nativeplants #butterflies #bugsky #insects #invertebrates #ECK #nature #wildlife
I've been babysitting a Vanda orchid for a neighbor since last fall. It spent part of the winter in my garage which I think traumatized it. Since it's been raining lately , it decided to show off a few blossoms. #vanda #orchids #bloomscrolling #ECK #flowers
The native wildflower, spurred butterfly-pea is back, self-seeding every year. #wildflower #nativeplant #nature #ECK #vine #pollinators The flowers provide food for bumble bees and its leaves host long-tailed skipper caterpillars.
Showy milkwort, I plant I found in moist, but not wet, open areas. It has an odd flower shape and I had difficulty photographing it due to my camera inexperience. #nature #wildflowers #nativeplants #ECK #bloomscrolling #flowersonbluesky Attracts #bees as its pollinator.
Found in a disturbed site years ago, hop clover, a nonnative plant. #nature #flowersonbluesky #SundayYellow #yellow #bloomscrolling #ECK #blooms
For #flyday a bristle fly on a climbing aster flower. #nature #bugsky #inverts #insects #pollinators #wildflowers #ECK 🪰 #wildflowers
I used to see this screech owl almost daily until the dead tree it was living in was blown over. I never saw it again, but I'm sure it was still seeing me. #birdoftheday #lookingatyou #birdphotography #owl #nature #wildlife #ECK #birds
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A red-spotted purple butterfly displaying on a forest floor. Coloring suggests in is a mimic of the distasteful pipevine swallowtail. 🦋 #butterflies #bugsky #ECK #mimicry #insects #nature #wildlife #inverts
