Thanks Bill. Yes, I would believe it. We have a lot of Milkweed around here. It's become one of those plants that are recommended for having a native species garden to attract insects, birds, small animals, etc. Good stuff. Many thanks for all of your research!

Milkweed. According to one reputable website, about 8 different species in the area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias

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Thanks Bill. Everytime I tried to get closer, they would all fly away. Yellow is my favorite color. There were quite a few of these butterflies around that puddle when I first approached.

Thanks Bill. They were pretty little things that caught my eye as I was going past.

Thanks Bill. I would have guessed in the Rudbeckia family. The leaves are very similar to the pink coneflowers in my garden. I'll have to take a closer look at the Black-eyed Susans' leaves.

Cool name for the bug! No wonder it wasn't afraid of me. Thanks Bill!

Orange coneflower?
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/142654/browse_photos

Or black-eyed Susans?
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62741/browse_photos

Orange assassin bug.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82020-Pselliopus

Sulphur butterflies. Not enough detail to find the species.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48508-Pieridae/browse_photos?place_id=33

Vetch
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57317-Vicia-villosa

Interesting. The leaves look like those of Milkweed. Thanks Bill, for setting me straight!

Thanks Bill. They are sometimes pink in some spots along the road. Pretty little things.

Thanks Bill! That was a very pretty patch as I was going by. Had to stop.

One of several species of fleabane. They all look about alike to me.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/50879-Erigeron/browse_photos?place_id=33

For decades, I thought it was a kind of milkweed, but in recent years doing ID searches, I discovered it is hemp dogbane!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocynum_cannabinum