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Monday, August 1, 2016

The Cone Flower Community

While watching the Praying Mantis
She spied me!
These are wonderful insects to have in your garden.  As a child I got a nickel for finding one of these and relocating it in our garden.  Lady Bugs, the real ones, were a penny apiece.  I also earned money by removing potato beetles.  The Adult was worth a nickel and the young were a penny apiece.  I became rich!
I am glad to see any pollinators but the honey bees have become a rarity.
The Cone Flower/Echinacea  is now growing its second round of blooms while the others prepare to seed.
A pair of Pearl Crescent Butterflies, I think, dine together.
Sometimes I have trouble identifying them, Alex.
If someone knows the right name. please, let me know.
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