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Wild Sarsaparilla, Cuckoo-flower, Cinquefoil and Thyme-Leaved Speedwell chose today to start flowering in my neighborhood while the slickly invasive tree species, Russian Olive, was bristling with tiny buds. On the wing was a small day-flying black moth with bold white wing patches; the Common spring Moth whose larval food source is the locally ubiquitous Black Locust. Black flies were also out in force whenever the breeze died.

John