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jacobaea maritima - senecio cineraria - Weißfilziges Greiskraut
Sony Alpha 1 with FE 90mm F2.8 Macro
jacobaea maritima - senecio cineraria - Weißfilziges Greiskraut
Sony Alpha 1 with FE 90mm F2.8 Macro
The only blossoming color, almost like the very low Autumnal Sun, in the Océ-weerd now is bright Senecio inaequidens, Narrow-leaved Ragwort. It's been growing in these parts so long I suppose you could call it naturalised. Originally it hails from the southern regions of Africa and moved to the north by merchant shipping first to Calais and Verviers. Soon down from France and Belgium to The Netherlands and here in Limburg along the Meuse River.
The caterpillars feed on poisonous ragwort leaves. The poison from the leaves is stored in the caterpillars body (and even remains when they are an adult moth). Any birds or other predators that ignore the caterpillars bright warning sign will be repulsed by how foul they taste.
Numerous caterpillars on one ragwort plant can reduced it to a bare stem very quickly. They are also known to be cannibalistic.
Gatekeepers or Hedge Browns are so called because of their tendency to congregate near gates and hedges. Males and females are similar, the main difference is that the male has dark smudges on it's wings. Their main food plants are ragwort and brambles.
In some countries it is an invasive species and regarded as a noxious weed. In the UK, where it is native, it is often unwanted because of its toxic effect for cattle and horses, but it is also valued for its nectar production which feeds insect pollinators and its ecological importance is thus considered significant
The Meuse Corridor is quite gray-brown now in Autumn, but here and there are some small tufts of Tansy Ragwort. So of course I had to have a good look. In luck to see this Comma Hoverfly, actually more of a Spring Syrphid. Pretty lady, and if you look carefully with that +-function you can see some grains of pollen stuck to her tongue.
Hello my flickr friends and a summer butterfly feeding on ragwort from a place where the butterflies fly on a sunny day. There were also holly blues and white letter hair streaks which was new to me and means there must be a mature elm tree near by where a colony of them live.
Another of the flowers discovered while I explored the sand dunes on my morning excursion to Bamburgh.
I think I have identified this as Ragwort. A Striking but poisonous plant. Even still, I think it makes this image very striking when contrasted with the blue tones of the early morning sky.
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Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), if I'm not mistaken, growing in a drainage ditch in the Tualatin Fred Meyer parking lot.
Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus). Have a good week ahead all my Flickr friends! Taken in Stanmore.