I stopped at the Croyden Creak Nature Center again this afternoon. I took a picture of Joe Pye weed here two weeks ago (see Wednesday, June 16, 2021) and wanted to see if it had started to bloom. It really hadn’t but it’s getting close. I walked around and took a few pictures, anyway, including a few of this eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) enjoying the swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata). There was also a nice buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) in bloom. It has spherical clusters of tiny flowers that like little pincushions.
Daily Archives: June 30, 2021
Tiger Swallowtail on Milkweed
Categories: Creatures, Flowers and Plants
Tags: Asclepias, Asclepias incarnata, Butterfly, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Insect, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Milkweed, Papilio, Papilio glaucus, Swallowtail, Swamp Milkweed, Tiger Swallowtail
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