Life in the Yard

Before I spend an hour or two studying for the upcoming entomology lab, it seemed only fitting to set forth a few relevant pictures, two being from the Lepidoptera order.

In addition, these pictures are brought to you solely through the help of photobucket, and not Blogger, which remains ever the unreliable picture-posting format option.

Question Mark -- Polygonia interrogationis
It's been a couple of weeks and two or three hard freezes since this picture was taken. Naturally, I discovered after the fact that you see the 'question mark' for which it is named, on the underside of the wings.

Not technically of the same nomenclature order as above,
this specimen of the H. s. sapiens was glimpsed earlier this afternoon, repairing torn shingles from the last wind event.

Seen here existing in a micro-climate (of which I learned in M. G. class),
we have a Black-Eyed Susan, an annual version of Rudbeckia, for which the Internet refused to give up an accurate Latin name within my 15-minute time limit. It's so hard to get good help, these days.

Painted Lady -- Vanessa cardui
the lepidopteric version which is welcome most anywhere, as opposed to the homo sapien version, of which many dire warnings do abound.

Forty minutes used up in this happy venture. Bugs await, so Ma must bid a fond, "adieu"....
 

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