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Centaurea americana

Orange Skipperling on a Basket Flower.

One of my favorite wild flowers is the Basket Flower, Centaurea americana. It grows in many places across Texas. I love the delicate petals of this … [Read more...] about Orange Skipperling on a Basket Flower.

Filed Under: butterflies and moths, insects, Invertebrates, wildflowers Tagged With: basket flower, butterfly, Centaurea americana, Copaeodes aurantiacus, Orange Skipperling, purple flower, wildflower

Black Swallowtail Butterfly on Basket Flower

A Black Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polixenes) nectaring on a Basket Flower (Centaurea americana).  One of the largest butterflies that we see in … [Read more...] about Black Swallowtail Butterfly on Basket Flower

Filed Under: butterflies and moths, insects, Invertebrates Tagged With: basket flower, black swallowtail, butterfly, Centaurea americana, Papilio polixenes, wildflower

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