on cherry leaves - the later instars often wander off of oaks, the primary host. This species is quite rare in PA. Would have been a county record, except that someone found one a month before me! Thanks to Chris Tracey for the ID.
1 individual found in a shale woodland.
1 individual nectaring on butterfly weed in a shale barren/woodland
1 individual seen on butterfly weed.
very very hot weather.
On a scoured cobblestone island. I don't have any experience with this species, and am less than sure about the ID, so I would appreciate any thoughts you have.
These are in the P. ostreatus species group - I am not up to date on the recent splits here.
I've never seen so much cardinal flower blooming in one place. This would be a great spot to release loosestrife beetles (although they might not survive when the island is inundated)
I've never seen so much cardinal flower blooming in one place. This would be a great spot to release loosestrife beetles (although they might not survive when the island is inundated)
Rare in Pennsylvania
Toxicodendron rydbergii, or Giant Poison Ivy, is Endangered in Pennsylvania, though it is abundant on Presque Isle.
In an area where a number of red oaks (and other trees) were cut down about 2 years earlier
