Laurels for visitors
Tiger swallowtail, Bell Cedar
It's been a remarkable June for Mountain Laurels, and while I thought there could be few rivals of the amazing display the Laurels in my yard are putting on, well, I couldn't believe how spectacular the wall-to-wall blossoms on the acid-loving evergreen shrubs in the nearby Bell Cedar Swamp refuge turned out to be. Neither could a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, which steadily worked each flower for nectar as I watched and photographed the insect. Too bad the lepidopterans and a host of bumblebees engaged in the same work couldn't bottle the good stuff... they'd have more than enough fuel to last many lifetimes.
Keywords:
Bell Cedar Swamp,
Mountain Laurel,,
Swallowtail,
Tiger,
bumblebees,
butterflies,
lepidopterans
Comments
Jane(non-registered)
Ministerial Road in S.K. is alive with mountain laurel. Don't remember seeing so many blossoms in other years. Add the rhodies and you have a drive to remember.
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