Pearl Crescent at Mercer Meadows.

A few weeks ago in August, Bhavna and I decided to take a late afternoon walk at the Pole Farm in Mercer Meadows. It was one of those spontaneous decisions, the kind where neither of us expected much—just a bit of fresh air and some time outside. Bhavna had been eager to get out, and I was more reluctant, preferring the comfort of home. But she knew how to nudge me in the right direction, promising that we would stop by The Druery, a charming brewery near the Keefe Road entrance, just [...]

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While dead-heading a cluster of Indian Blanket/Firewheel flowers this afternoon, a pretty little Pearl Crescent butterfly fluttered up and staked a claim to them by refusing to leave. 🤣 I finally set the dish down and let her have it.

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The small orange and black patterned Pearl Crescent butterflies were in abundance on this spring day at the Arboretum University of Guelph Ontario Canada and just loving the nectar of the white and pink cluster flowers of the Ninebark bush.
See it here
https://debbie-oppermann.pixels.com/featured/nectaring-pearl-crescents-debbie-oppermann.html

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It's incredibly rewarding to plant and/or tend existing patches of #native #plants, and then watch those plants provide #habitat for native #wildlife. #KillYourLawn #Oklahoma #PearlCrescent #Butterfly #ButterflyMilkweed #nectaring #pollinatorgarden #pollinators

Summer beauty in orange and golden hues. #bloomscrolling

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