These pictures are from the Alexauken Creek WMA.  We set out searching for Platanthera lacera, and though we did find two individuals, they were past their prime.  The area was a riot of colorful summer flowers, but hiking was made difficult by large thickets of multiflora rose.

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Monarch Butterfly on Common Milkweed Green Fringed Orchis Hummingbird Clearwing Moth on Swamp Milkweed Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed
Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed

 
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