Newly emerged cicada

A newly emerged cicada beside its old skin.  West Lafayette.  Photo taken August 29, 2014.

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Wild grape juice

Wild grape (Vitis sp.) along Tapawingo Drive, West Lafayette.  From the vine pictured below.  Pictures taken Aug. 27, 2014.

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Fruits from this vine made a good juice.  In a pan filled with clusters of ripe fruit, fill with water and bring to a boil.  Strain through a colander to get the pulp and the juice.  

Obedient Plant

Bumblebees swarming over a patch of obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana).  This patch of obedient plant was growing wild in McAllister Park, near the paved trail section leading to the Wabash Heritage Trail.

A view from a distance, of the Physostegia virginiana patch.

Photos taken August 12, 2014.

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Catocala moth

This Catocala moth was found outside an apartment building in West Lafayette, August 7, 2014.

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Tall bellflower

Tall bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum) and Joe-Pye-weed (Eupatorium sp.), in a woods-edge habitat newly created by the construction of Cumberland Ave. through an existing wooded area, just west of Lodge Apartments.

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Pictures taken July 24, 2014.