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May 24th. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) foraging.
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Must be getting used to me. I was able to walk by quite close without it flying.
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Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) at the edge of the trail. Egg laying should start any time now.
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) hunting.
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Something caught its eye.
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False alarm.
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Heading off to find a better spot.
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Three particularly nice Pink Lady's-slipper Orchids (Cypripedium acaule).
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Red Clover (Trifolium pratense).
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Individual flowers still opening.
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Ox-eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum).
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Dandelion seeds (Taraxacum officinale).
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Thanks to UConn's Dr. Sarah Taylor for the identification.
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In all these years on the trail, I don't recall ever noticing Bittersweet (Celastris scandens) in flower.
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Not much to see, really.
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A Sawfly larva was curled up on a leaf of the Bittersweet. (Family Cimbicidae; Abia americana I think.)
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A different Sawfly larva (Family Tenthredinidae) on White Oak (Quercus alba).
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A Crane Fly (Family Tipulidae) missing two of its six delicate legs.
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A startlingly bright red female Midge (Family Chironomidae, likely Chironomus ochreatus).
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Snipe Fly (Family Rhagionidae, probably Rhagio sp.).
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An Orb-weaver Spider (Family Araneidae, likely the Six-spotted Orb-weaver, Araniella displicata).
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Maple Eye-spot Galls made by the Ocellate Gall Midge, Acericecis ocellaris, in the family Cecidomyiidae.
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May 25th. A midday walk east on the Colchester Spur. Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) in flower.
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Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) close up.
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White Clover (Trifolium repens).
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Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) comes in several colors, often growing together.
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Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon).
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A different species (I think) landed on Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum).
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It looks like a Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok).
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A male Damselfly, probably a Bluet, Enallagma sp.
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This looks like a male Fragile Forktail Damselfly (Ishnura posita).
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A male Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) extracting minerals from soil on the trail.
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The minerals will be passed to the female during mating and be encorporated into the eggs.
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