This is a part of my summer garden view which holds many beautiful yellow Coneflowers.
However, the earlier, bright and showy colour of these Yellow Coneflowers are beginning to fade and have now taken on a tattered appearance as the end of our summer season draws to a close.
Still, their bright colourful petals retain a certain attractiveness to me; and its
seems to be especially so too, for this little, fully, black and yellow, Spotted Tussock Moth Caterpillar which I found on one of the petals yesterday.Thank you to Luiz, of Todays Flowers, for this opportunity to share beautiful flowers with others. For more flower photos please click HERE.
Caterpillars are always so funny looking and I never can tell one end from the other....but I guess they know :-) This one is a little beauty in its yellow and black fuzziness. Love the white things sticking out for extra drama.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots and great job on the ID.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing!
Cheers, Klaus
I agree...tattered but still beautiful! Very nice shots and the caterpillar make them extra special.
ReplyDeleteAnn: Nicely done with the flower and the catterpillar capture.
ReplyDeleteFabulous! I love the caterpillar on the petal!!
ReplyDeleteThese are such nice photos. Your garden is beautiful! I LOVE that first photo especially.
ReplyDeleteI feel that way about my purple coneflowers. They are fading, but I still enjoy them. Pretty soon the goldfinches will eat the seeds off of them, then I cut them back. The caterpillar on the flower was great!
ReplyDeleteThe coneflowers are still beautiful in my eyes. It won't be long now though till frost, I'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteLove all of these - the bright coneflower looks almost like an aerial view of a circling dervish, and the caterpillar has quite the punk "do" - thanks for these last views of your summer!
ReplyDeleteYour garden is beautiful! Beautiful shots of your flowers. I really like that fuzzy caterpillar! :-)
ReplyDeletebeautiful set of flower pics!
ReplyDeleteWhen I looked at this the first time the gardens weren't there! What beautiful gardens you have. Mine are in such bad shape.
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ReplyDeleteWhat magnificent comparisons you have used! I love your comments. Thank you.
Your garden is very inviting for more than the caterpillar. I love it!
ReplyDeleteNice little fellow. My coneflower are going to see and the birds are eating them...
ReplyDeleteYou have such a pretty garden! I love the mix of coneflowers with rudbeckia. My rudbeckia are fading, too, but I do like when they turn that rich, deep red.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a gorgeous series of photos. Also, you've named a caterpiller I have wanted to know the name of since I took a photo of it last year. THANK YOU!!!! :))
ReplyDeleteThank you also for poppin into my blog. Always nice seeing you there.
These photos are absolutely gorgeous!
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