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| They seemed to like eating the flowers. |
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| Although the caterpillars are striking, the adult moths have dull yellow/orange abdomens with black spots and featureless grey wings. |
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| Difficult to tell which end is the head. But here you can just make out the shiny head where it is eating the flower. |
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| The early instars are gregarious, but turn into loners in later instars. |
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| This punk style reminds me of Dean at DDD. :-) |
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| Also on Aesclepias were these milkweed bugs busily making the next generation... |
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Neoneides muticus, a stilt bug, also on Aesclepias. These were tiny little things, but obviously adults because they are mating. |
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| The coneflowers have been prolific this year. |
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| This fly was going round and round, systematically visiting each little floret. |
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| Many of the coneflowers were atypical. |
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| "Look - my flower has flowers." |
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And finally, a lovely little moth down at the base of Liatris. Haematopis grataria - Chickweed Geometer. Female with filiform antennae. |
