Two Trees

In the meadow there are two trees, one is this oak tree.

It's leaves have been well chewed.  Douglas Tallamy in "Bringing Nature Home" states, "The value of oaks for supporting both vertebrate and invertebrate wildlife cannot be overstated."

The other tree is this ornamental.

Nothing has nibbled its needles.  It certainly is out of place in a naturalized meadow.

This little guy is a wild indigo duskywing.  He usually appears as a black butterfly flitting along the grass paths, but the pattern in the wings is really very pretty.  The caterpillars live on vetch, and wild indigo.

Lots of these female sachems around.  Their caterpillars feed on Bermuda  grass and crabgrass.

Another little guy is this Peck's skipper.

But if you were really lucky today you might have seen this female common green darner, which was hiding right in plain sight near the bench overlooking the wetlands.

But all you had to do was look up to see this view.