BASIL and BELLIC ENCOUNTERS

& grounding news for today

Exuberance on Queen Anne's Lace, 

basil encounters, 

vanessas, and the bellic bug

Exuberance of pollinators

Basil encounters

Vanessa virginiensis
 on silphium perfoliatum

 And the Oncometopia orbona on silphium, once again, perfoliatum...
 

The shy broad-headed sharpshooter.
A leaf-hopper, suited in color, for our bellic world?...

All ID attempts continue to be, of course, mere approximations