• flowers,  Plants

    Prairie Fleabane

    Prairie Fleabane

    Looking these up on the internet I think these are small Erigeron strigosus (Prairie Fleebane) daisies found on my walk at the Arapahoe Bend Nature area. They were in clumps of 10-12 scattered randomly in the sun and the shade. Whatever they are they sure made my walk enjoyable.

  • flowers,  insects,  Plants

    Busy Caterpillar

    Busy Caterpillar

    It seems I’ve been so caught up in the bigger landscapes that I’ve forgotten about the little stuff. A couple evenings ago I walked the bar ditches of a country road, sticking my nose in another world with a macro lens. I enjoyed myself until I knelt down in a patch of bull head stickers. I assume this caterpillar to be a moth rather than a butterfly. It was amazing to watch such a veracious eater, I had all the time I needed to shoot. Man did my knees hurt afterwards. Need to remember to take some knee pads or buy a longer macro.