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Cloth-of-Gold (Physaria gracilis)Observer
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Don't know where this came from. Just showed up.
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Broomsedge Bluestem (Andropogon virginicus)Observer
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Identified by Carol Clark.
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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)Observer
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A pair of killdeer running around the restoration and the pollinator garden. Looks to me like they want to make it their territory.
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Dotted Gayfeather (Liatris punctata)Observer
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I stopped because these were blooming so close to the ground. I suspect they were cut down at the right time for them to grow just enough to bloom now.
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
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Found this on an Asclepias asperula that will be going into the restoration.
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Genus LirisObserver
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Not an insect person. More definitive identification welcome. Dragging a cricket body in sandy soil.