Casual Spring Flowers

Out on a late-spring walk in Millcreek Twp, Pennsylvania (“Since 1800”), with toss offs of flowers & friends, either 50mm standard or 50mm macro. Mostly cloudy conditions. (Species ID at end of post.)


Photo IDs: (i) Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare); (ii) Probably Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris); (iii) Field of daisies; (iv) Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora); (v) Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare); (vi) Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus); (vii) More daisies; (viii) Ragged-robin (Silene flos-cuculi); (ix) Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus); (x) Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare); (xi) Ragged-robin (Silene flos-cuculi); (xii) White Philadelphia Fleabane w/ probably Tarnished Plant Bug (TPB)(Lygus lineolaris), nymph form; (xiii) Multiflora Rose w/ a hoverfly, perhaps Margined Calligrapher Fly (Toxomerus marginatus); (xiv) Fleabane w/ TPB; (xv) Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) bud; (xvi) Multiflora Rose w/ hoverfly; (xvii) species of Taraxacum (dandelion), seed pod detail w/ morning dew; (xviii) Multiflora Rose w/ hoverfly; (xix) Fleabane w/ TPB; (xx) dandelion, seed pod detail w/ morning dew; (xxi) Multiflora Rose w/ hoverfly; (xxii) Ox-eye Daisy detail; (xxiii) Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) bloom; &(xxiv) Ox-eye Daisy.

[Editor’s note: ID on Ox-eye Daisy based on bloom size, petal count, and leaf pattern (e.g., Common Daisy would be smaller with fewer petals and a rounder leaf):

Ox-eye Daisy leaves

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