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Yellow flag... among many other common names.
https://nwwildflowers.com/compare/?t=Iris+pseudacorus
Nice ride, and an interesting story. Two foot attacks on the same day!
2 years agoThanks - always trying to pep up my journals!
2 years agoHuh - didn't know about that tree. Thanks again.
2 years agoGood one again, Bill!
2 years agoThanks!
2 years agoConsidering that we've only seen this next to a swampy area, you're probably correct.
2 years agoYou had me with the title today. I can’t believe I’ve never heard this before, but very cute.
2 years agoMaybe white fringetree?
https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/photo.aspx?ID=485
Spiderwort. There are about half a dozen species of blue spiderwort in that area according to one website.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradescantia
Looks like wood sorrel.
https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&rel-taxon=begins+with&where-taxon=Oxalis+latifolia
Might be Florida swamp-lily.
https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/photo.aspx?ID=617
I looked at your journal for that day and yup - those were the same critters. Sounds like they can really do damage to trees bu the moth that's created is fairly boring.
2 years agoI sure saw a lot of those things on this day (and the next day) in Ontario. Many of them really did settle on my tent.
https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/nocomplaints/the-third-annual-local-wine-review/
Thanks Bill!
2 years ago