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A red dragonfly cooperated by landing for a brief few moments for a chance to photograph the dragonfly.

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Not too many butterfly photograph opportunities this year as the butterfly population has diminished over the years. I’ve planted a lot of flowers to try to attract the butterflies and help them survive.

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No identification using the wildflower identification app with this photograph. It’s very unusual for the app not to identify one the flowers that have been photographed.

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The Columbine flower is a very early blooming flower in the west. It is a very photogenic flower.

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The Japanese Honey Suckle, even though it’s a very pretty plant, is an invasive plant. In addition to being a popular ornamental for its showy, fragrant flowers, Japanese honeysuckle has been used in places such as highways to control erosion and stabilize banks, as well as...

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How many people used to place Honey Suckles on their mouth to taste the honey flavor of the flower?

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Perennial Sunflower is a cross between wild perennial sunflowers and domestic sunflowers. I discovered this wildflower on a hike. Sometimes birds drop seeds or seeds get blown away and flowers turn up at the most unusual places on the trails.

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The Milk Weed is a very important plant for the Monarch Butterflies. The butterflies are in a decline due to many of the open fields of Milk Weed have been cut down for other purposes.