...there are some other pictures from the mountains.
The Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)
The lovely lilac Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)
The stream loving Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
Male
and female.
A hoverfly I still need to identify.
And this Black Snake, showing the patterned underside as he slithers down the tree.
Appalacian Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
All so beautiful! From where did you take the photo of the vista?
ReplyDeleteClose to mile marker 5 at the very northern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway close to Humpback Rocks a little before sunset.
DeleteGoogle mapping now. I miss Virginia.
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