Thanks to the Flickr Community, the spicebush is easy to identify when you can see the "blue arrow" pattern in the wing.
No crop
Our garden
Kent County, Michigan
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There has been a lot of development and habitat loss in our Tucson neighborhood. I was so happy to see the owls in their usual trees just before flying off at sunset. Vaughn first spotted them last night and I saw them again tonight.
Yea!
Tucson, Arizona
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Feeding on the trailing lantana in the front yard.
Tucson, Arizona
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monarch butterfly
tithonia, Mexican sunflower
in the garden
Lowell Township, Michigan
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It took many extra weeks to get this to flower, cold temps and deer snacks kept hindering its progress.
I've learned that good photography takes doggedness and persistence and that applies to much of life, too. (including growing flowers)
Mexican Sunflower and Spicebush Swallowtail
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