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Tag: common wood nymph

Posted on July 5, 2012July 6, 2012

Butterfly Loop 3

See Part 1 and Part 2.

butterfly milkweed with fritillary and pearl crescent 1

Just past the second bend on the trail, another small clump of butterfly milkweed comes into view. This one delivers on the promise of the name, with two great-spangled fritillaries and a pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) nectaring in close proximity. Continue reading “Butterfly Loop 3”

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Via Negativa is a unique experiment in daily, poetic conversation with the living and the dead. Dave Bonta founded the site in 2003 and Luisa A. Igloria joined in 2010. Guest authors contribute as well. Dave writes daily erasure poems to discover the poetry hidden in the Diary of Samuel Pepys. Luisa has been writing and posting a poem a day since November 2010, often in response to Dave’s entries at The Morning Porch. Collections of poems first published at Via Negativa include Luisa’s The Buddha Wonders if She is Having a Mid-Life Crisis and Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser, and Dave’s Ice Mountain and Breakdown: Banjo Poems. Read more…

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