Comments on: Roadside Wildflowers – June 26 http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/roadside-wildflowers-june-26/ north of the adirondacks - wildflowers & perennials that survive winters colder than my wife's feet Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:31:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Eccleston http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/roadside-wildflowers-june-26/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Mark Eccleston Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:00:13 +0000 http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/?p=71#comment-681 Hi Wise acre, They are a Skipper of some sort, they are not moths. There is an argument that they are a species in their own right as they are half way between a butterfly and a moth. Hope this helps Mark <blockquote><em>Thanks Mark, I'm not a bug person (except in looks) so didn't have a clue to what they are. Skippers is good enough for me. Learn something new everyday - I never knew there was a middle ground between moths and butterflies. Anyone interested can find more butterfly, moth and especially Dragonfly photos at <a href="http://thegreenfingeredphotographer.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Green Fingered Photographer</a>. Unlike me he knows what he's shooting when taking pot shots at insects.</em></blockquote> Hi Wise acre,
They are a Skipper of some sort, they are not moths. There is an argument that they are a species in their own right as they are half way between a butterfly and a moth.

Hope this helps

Mark

Thanks Mark,
I’m not a bug person (except in looks) so didn’t have a clue to what they are. Skippers is good enough for me. Learn something new everyday – I never knew there was a middle ground between moths and butterflies.

Anyone interested can find more butterfly, moth and especially Dragonfly photos at The Green Fingered Photographer. Unlike me he knows what he’s shooting when taking pot shots at insects.

]]> By: Mr. McGregor's Daughter http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/roadside-wildflowers-june-26/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Mr. McGregor's Daughter Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:36:52 +0000 http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/?p=71#comment-680 I've never seen the orange Hawkweed, but the yellow is common around here. Crown vetch is being replaced in highway plantings with praire plants. It does have an attractive flower. <blockquote><em>Mr. McGregor's Daughter, It does seem that the yellow hawkweed is far more common. We've got plenty of orange but the yellow vastly outnumbers it. Crown Vetch is very pretty but it can be an aggressive weed. I don't see much of it around here and in fact it caught me by surprise. Glad to hear that the highway department is going 'native'.</em></blockquote> I’ve never seen the orange Hawkweed, but the yellow is common around here. Crown vetch is being replaced in highway plantings with praire plants. It does have an attractive flower.

Mr. McGregor’s Daughter,
It does seem that the yellow hawkweed is far more common. We’ve got plenty of orange but the yellow vastly outnumbers it.

Crown Vetch is very pretty but it can be an aggressive weed. I don’t see much of it around here and in fact it caught me by surprise. Glad to hear that the highway department is going ‘native’.

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