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| Snowshoe rabbit, June 16, 2012 |
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| Lynx, June 16, 2012 , actually it had an eye for a squirrel or chipmunk. |
Saturday, 16 June 2012
PREDATOR AND PREY all on the same day
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
CLINTONIA BOREALIS
YELLOW CLINTONIA
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| Yellow Clintonia Clintonia Corn Lily Bluebead Lily |
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| Family Liliaceae |
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| Fruit: shiny deep blue berry 8 - 10 mm across poisonous |
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| Fly as a pollinator, June 12, 2012 |
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| Why it has been named "Blue Bead Lily" July 27, 2012 seed |
WILD COLUMBINE
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| Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis June 10, 2012 |
Genus Aquilegia
The Latin aquilia "eagle" refers to the long spurs which were said to resemble the talons of the eagle.
Flowers: 3.5 to 4 cm. long
Blooms early summer
I grew up calling them "Honeysuckles".
COMPARED TO THE DOMESTICATED ONES:
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| Tame Columbine |
POLYPHEMUS MOTH
Polyphemus Moth
Antheraea polyphemus
Antheraea polyphemus
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| Wingspan 10 - 15 cm Larva likes birch, pines and roses among many other shrubs. Taken on Maatta's Rd. years before digital cameras. |
Monday, 11 June 2012
THE DEAD FILE
MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES WHO HAVE MET AN UNTIMELY DEATH
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| The two yellow bands across dark brown abdomen are a dead give-away. Nessus Sphinx Amphion floridensis wingspan 3.7 - 5.5 cm larva food: Ampelopsis, grapes and cayenne pepper - makes me want to ask what it eats here? Spring - July common |
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| The colourful underside of the Nessus Sphinx, June 11, 2012 |
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| Bilobed Looper Moth Autographa biloba The near kidney-shaped metalic silver wing-spots are identiicaton marks Metalic browns and silver are characteristic of Looper Moths Subfamily: Plusiinae larva food: alfalfa, cabbage and tobacco |
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| Meadow fritillary Boloria bellona Brushfoot family: Nymphalidae 39 - 51 mm Food: violets 2 - 3 broods till October |
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| Spring Azure Celastrina argiolus 29 - 33 mm Azures Genus: Celastrina Tutt food: Dogwood, wild cherry May - August They are such a flighty little butterfly and perch with wings up together. |
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| Questionmark Butterfly Polygonia interroationis |
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| Qestionmark underside female the two white marks mid-wing = f |
CANADA ANEMONE
A member of the Buttercup Family - Ranunculaceae
My brother brought this into the house asking what it was. I had a good opportunity to take a photo without wind. They do like sunshine. They form large colonies along roadsides (bush roads).
20 - 70 cm tall
flowers 2.5 - 4cm
Anemones may irritate the skin.
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| Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis |
20 - 70 cm tall
flowers 2.5 - 4cm
Anemones may irritate the skin.
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| These three photos were taken in the mid 1990's along an old logging road. You can see that they thin out as they go deeper into the second growth poplar and elders. But they do seem to "glow-in-the-dark". |
Sunday, 10 June 2012
TALL NORTHERN GREEN ORCHID
Family: Orchid (Orchidaceae)
This is along the roadside on Maatta's Road. Give it a week and it should be in full flower.
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| Flower stem still tight buds, June 10. Tall Northern Green Orchid 10 - 40 cm aka : Habenaria hyperborea |
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| June 16, 2012 very slow opening. Now has Few-flowered Sedge keeping it company. |
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| June 19, 2012 |
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| June 22 |
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| June 23, 2012 |
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| Putting the TALL in name. Now mid- thigh high when I stand next to it. June 24, 2012 There are lots of little ones, so maybe age (in years) has something to do with their eventual growth height. |
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| June 28, 2012 |
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| July 1, 2012 |
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