
September 7th. Destroying Angel (Amanita virosa). Deadly.
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A similar mushroom with a sticky cap.
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After welcome rain, Grayville Falls is running, though far from as deep and full as I've seen it.
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Berries of Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana).
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Green Bottle Fly (Family Calliphoridae, Lucilia sericata).
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Several Stable Flies (Family Muscidae, Stomoxys calcitrans) landed on my white truck.
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Similar to House Flies (Musca domestica) which feed by sponging up liquids, Stable Flies have piercing mouthparts and feed on blood.
Read about them here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_fly
There are stables less than 100 yards from where I took these photos. Not a coincidence.
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Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) with a pale pink Smartweed (Persicaria sp.) in the background.
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The only Cardinal Flower plant I've seen this year; most were a victim of drought.
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Closed Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii).
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September 8th. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) at Day Meadow Brook pond off River Road.
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Semaphore signals?
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September 9th. At Cranberry Bog, a bit of Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus) still blooming.
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Brown Knapweed (Lathyrus odoratus).
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It can be distinguished from other Knapweed species by the spreading, fringed brown bracts.
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American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas).
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Arrow Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata in the Buckwheat Family Polygonaceae).
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Downward facing spines on the stems and leaf midveins earn it the common name.
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September 10th. An early sign of Fall in a Red Maple (Acer rubrum). I suspect more a sign of drought than of the change of seasons.
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September 11th. One Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias).
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I'm done guessing Mushroom IDs...
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...except for this distinctive Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea).
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Still some Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) blooming.
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Turtlehead (Chelone glabra).
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Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis) seed head.
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Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) still blooming where it had regrown after a mowing awhile back.
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Random feather with dew.
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Crane Fly (Tipula sp.).
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Green Stink Bug (Chinavia hilaris).
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September 12th. Yesterday's Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea) has been torn apart by... something.
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