Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) dines on a Stoke’s Aster (Stokesia laevis) against a backdrop of Purple Coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea)

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Buffet line

A Fiery Skipper butterfly patiently awaits its turn behind a Bumblebee on a Stoke’s Aster.

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Stoke’s Aster

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on Stoke’s Aster (Stokesia laevis)

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Stokes’ Aster (Stokesia laevis)

Photographed at Green Spring Gardens. © Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.

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Blooming in my garden today…

Easy-to-grow perennial ‘Blue Star’ Stoke’s Aster (Stokesia laevis) and unidentified yellow lily 

Chide me not, laborious band,
For the idle flowers I brought;
Every aster in my hand
Goes home loaded with a thought. 

—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)