Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Still Under the Lilac

Joining the wasps under the lilac were three species of sap-happy butterfly.
A couple of Red Admirals quietly suckled.
But it was the Polygonia genus butterflies that were really stealing the show.
This is a Comma (P. comma).
More views of Commas.
Here we have both a Comma, lower left, and a Question Mark.
These scientific names are just right. P. interrogationis.
More views of Question Marks.
What a lilac!

And, oh, yes, this moth, presumably also attracted to the sap, has been taken by a spider in the shadowy recesses.

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