patsuttonwildlifegarden's Identifications

FOS Long-tailed Skipper on Zinnia and Mexican sunflower

There are 20 individual caterpillars in these photos. On one potted Coral honeysuckle plant. Stunned.

First Buckeye of the season, on New England aster

3-year old volunteer winged sumac, full sun.

On Late flowering Thoroughwort - Eupatorium serotinum. Two NOPA in the photos- birds like it, too!

On a potted petunia

Thanks to Pat Sutton’s guidance I located a Snowberry Clearwing caterpillar on a coral honeysuckle vine.

On Royal catchfly flowers- the surprisingly successful “plant of the year”

On partridge peas

First of fall