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Już myślałem, że to koronawirus kwitnie na Mazurach ...a to tylko guzikowiec :-)) /
I already thought that it was the coronavirus that is blooming in Masuria ... and this is just a common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) :-))
Cephalanthus occidentalis, Buttonbush. This work, under the title “2020 hindsight“, was selected for the 37th juried member exhibit of the Visual Arts Alliance in Houston. The juror selected 71 works by 49 artists, (out of 276 submitted works by 85 artists, or 26% of the work submitted)
A West Coast Lady on Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis).As seen at Historic Canoa Ranch, Green Valley, Arizona, USA
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These are commonly found around the edges of lakes. These were at the lake on our camping spot. They attract bugs and insects of all kinds
I was shooting bugs on the buttonbush plant when up flew this lovely female eastern tiger swallowtail dark morph. I got one shot before she flew off again.....
From the Florida Wildflower Foundation:
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Buttonbush is a large wetland shrub that produces many globular, white flowers with protruding pistils that cause it to look like a pincushion. The fragrant flowers are about 2 inches in diameter and attract a number of bees and butterflies. Buttonbush’s leaves are dark green and shiny on top, although pale underneath. They are arranged in opposite pairs or in whorls. In the fall, buttonbush produces hard, reddish-brown nutlets that are eaten by some water fowl.
The genus Cephalanthus comes from the Greek words for "head" (cephale) and "flower"(authos).
From me:
I've found these growing wild in swamps and wetlands both, always with some shade during the day.
Cephalanthus occidentalis.
Yes, it reminds me of the virus, too. The next one, when the flower blooms, even more so.
Shallow Depth of Field.
😄 HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday 😄!
All of the Spanish Buttonbush flowers are gone now, and the leaves of the buttonbush are beginning to fall. Its season is over, and I'm sad to see it go. Additionally, it's been so hot here in Floridia with temperatures reaching 100 degrees in the afternoon, it has put a great deal of stress on the butterfly population, and I'm only seeing a few stragglers at this point. Now I need to wait for the next generation which should show themselves in September.
Last week at Hickory Log reservoir in North Georgia - eastern Tiger's and Silver-spotted skippers were working the buttonbush that hadn't yet turned brown. A great nickname for buttonbush is Honey Bells. Check out the video if you have time:
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>> female Eastern tiger swallowtail in buttonbush, Hickory Log reservoir, North Georgia - last week
Happy Butterfly Monday!
The only eastern tiger swallowtail I've seen on the buttonbush this year.... once again here it is a thin year for butterflies of most species.
Cephalanthus occidentalis is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, that is native to eastern and southern North America. Common names include Buttonbush, Common Buttonbush, Button-willow and Honey-bells.
C. occidentalis is a deciduous shrub or small tree that averages 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in height, but can reach 6 m (20 ft). The leaves are opposite or in whorls of three, elliptic to ovate, 7–18 cm (2.8–7.1 in) long and 4–10 cm (1.6–3.9 in) broad, with a smooth edge and a short petiole. The flowers are arranged in a dense spherical inflorescence 2–3.5 cm (0.79–1.38 in) in diameter on a short peduncle. Each flower has a fused white to pale yellow four-lobed corolla forming a long slender tube connecting to the sepals. The stigma protrudes slightly from the corolla. The fruit is a spherical cluster of achenes (nutlets).
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), an important source of pollen. Found throughout most of the United States in wetlands and riparian areas. Brazos Bend State Park, Texas.
Common buttonbush, button-willow. Cephalanthus occidentalis is a species of flowering plant.
Canon 6d mark ii, with the 100mm L IS Lens.
The flower is Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis).
As seen at Historic Canoa Ranch, Green Valley, Arizona, USA
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I've seen a few monarchs this season, both the battered returnees from their long journey to Mexico and back and the fresh ones like this....
Marais Cooper - Cooper Marsh Conservation Area, South Lancaster, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry County, Ontario
When I spotted this insect feeding on a buttonbush flower I thought it was a species of wasp I hadn't photographed before. But I scrolled through all the bee and wasp species in the bug guide and didn't find it until I got to the look-alike section and found it was actually a syrphid fly. When I looked it up in iNaturalist I found it was a rarely seen syrphid fly. They didn't have any observations for it in southeast Kansas so I uploaded it to iNaturalist so I could expand the range of observations, my contribution to science today. Anyway, it's a cool new addition for my prairie bug and spider species set.
Some species info: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133098-Spilomyia-alcimus
Dedicated to the memory of Gabriel Trujillo, young botanist killed in Mexico while studying these plants (Buttonbush)
Good morning everyone and I hope you had a nice weekend. Featured today is one of my favorite butterflies, being the Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor). Seen here nectaring on Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis). A difficult setting to photograph this butterfly due to the sharp contrast between the bright white flower and the dark butterfly.
Just three pics of which the other two can be found in the comment section and my stream. But I'm sorry to say, once again I wasn't able to get any decent open wing pics.
As a side note, I've been waiting for this particular Buttonbush to flower assuming as in the past it would attract more than its fair share of butterflies. Particularly swallowtails such as Eastern Tigers, Spicebushes and Pipevines, as well as other butterfly species. But not this year.
When I first arrived where the bush was located, there wasn't a single butterfly nectaring on it. Then after a while along came the two Pipevines seen in these photos. That was it except for a lone Silver-spotted Skipper and a single Buckeye. Which confirms for me 2018 is proving to be the worst year for butterflies locally I can remember. And it's the end of June already :-(
Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you have a truly great day and week.
Lacey
ISO800, aperture f/8, exposure .002 seconds (1/500) focal length 300mm
Virtues: Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), is a United States–native shrub with so much to offer. This four-season shrub adapts easily to various soil types and provides essential food to bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects. Its year-round interest, low maintenance requirements and value to wildlife prompted Nebraska's GreatPlants program to name it as 2015's Shrub of the Year.
A Pipevine swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor) gathering nectar from a Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) blossom.
This Forester moth is very interesting and eye-catching but difficult to capture. As the name suggests there are 8 spots on the black wings --more if you count both sides. The underwing spots showing in this shot appear to be pale blue and cream. What stands out especially are the bright orange leg puffs and the hairy yellow stripes trailing behind the head.