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Photos from MNS outing "Birds, Butterflies & Orchids" with Peter Taylor & Reto Zach to MilnerRidge area on 2003jul05:
Blunt-leaf rein-orchid: clump White adders-mouth=Malaxis monophyllos: w pods White adders-mouth=Malaxis monophyllos: w pods White adders-mouth=Malaxis monophyllos: w pods Dogbane beetle=Chrysochus auratus: on dogbane Pearl-crescent butterfly: on OxEyeDaisy Blue moth=Ctenucha virginica: Blue moth=Ctenucha virginica: Blue butterfly: White lettuce=Prenanthes alba: foliage Joe-Pye weed: foliage Skipper: White admiral butterfly: birdnest: in outhouse

Photos from MossSpurRd on 2003jul05:
Marsh hedge-nettle: Mirror bug: on MarshHedgeNettle Stinkbug=Stiretrus sp: mating Ragged fringed-orchid: Skipper: mating Showy milkweed: w many butterflies Showy milkweed: w many butterflies Monarch: caterpillar on Milkweed Bergamot:
05may25: Bob Lamb identified the stinkbugs, family Pentatomidae, as possibly of the genus Stiretrus.

Photos from Steinbach on 2003jul06:
Aunt Helen: picks Saskatoons in the Kokomo Iris+Dad: after dinner

Photos from an Argo trip to south of Contour on 2003jul07:
Calopogon: w 7 flowers+buds on one stem Calopogon: in sprung position