Sunday, June 22, 2014

Summer Blooms and Bugs of Iowa Prairie

The prairie is in full bloom! Take a look at all of the summer pollinators at Blooming Prairie. 
Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed in front of seed production rows of Lobelia siphilitica, Great Blue Lobelia and Pycnanthemum virginianum, Mountain Mint both of which are not yet blooming. 
Milkweed flowers have a very sweet and attractive floral scent! 
Common Milkweed almost in bloom.
Swallowtail butterfly on catmint.
Liatris plants getting ready to bloom later this summer.
Spot the coneflower species along with the coreopsis.
BEAUTIFUL BUG.
Butterfly Weed next to Coneflower
Coreopsis palmata, Prairie Coreopsis
Echinacea pallida, Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida, Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea angustifolia, Narrow-leaved Coneflower

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