Whorled Milkwort is in flower. I found 150-200 stems along the West River this morning. This is a state listed S1/S2 (rare and unusual) species. A year ago in the same area I found just one stem.
ANd a Yellow BEar caterpillar, the larvae of the Virginian tiger moth, busily consumed a leaf and ignored me as I took its picture. Larval foods for this species are listed as "many low-growing plants, and woody shrubs and trees." Maybe it would have been simpler to list what it doesn't eat?
John
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| Whorled Milkwort |
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| Whorled Milkwort close up |
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| Yellow Bear caterpillar |
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