March 14, 2026
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Butterfly Walk: Tom Burr’s Pix
Tom Burr's pics from the walk are above (Black Swallowtail) and below (Silver-spotted Skipper). plus four more "on the jump." (Thanks, Tom!) Help on the dragonflies would be much appreciated.
Northern Broken-dash Skipper
Female Widow Skimmer (Is that redundant?)
White-faced Dragonfly Species (?)
Ruby Meadowhawk
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What, no Monday Morning Mystery? We may have one or two yet among these dragonflies — real odonologists please weigh in. But at least, skipper #2 is pretty surely the Northern Broken Dash (thanks DeeDee): dragonfly #1 is, tentatively, a female Widow Skimmer; dragonfly #2 is the most likely candidate for MMM (although it seems to be a descendant of Simeon Stylites)– maybe one of the whiteface dragonflies, for somewhat obvious reasons; and dragonfly #3 is most probably the Ruby Meadowhawk.
All help and criticism welcomed. And in any case, a good time was had by all on Saturday’s jaunt through the awesome Celery Farm. And thanks, Jim, for posting the pics. -
Very nice pictures!!
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Tom Burr
What, no Monday Morning Mystery? We may have one or two yet among these dragonflies — real odonologists please weigh in. But at least, skipper #2 is pretty surely the Northern Broken Dash (thanks DeeDee): dragonfly #1 is, tentatively, a female Widow Skimmer; dragonfly #2 is the most likely candidate for MMM (although it seems to be a descendant of Simeon Stylites)– maybe one of the whiteface dragonflies, for somewhat obvious reasons; and dragonfly #3 is most probably the Ruby Meadowhawk.
All help and criticism welcomed. And in any case, a good time was had by all on Saturday’s jaunt through the awesome Celery Farm. And thanks, Jim, for posting the pics.
Deedee Burnside
Very nice pictures!!