Summer Flowers, Fruits & Foliage
Read More![Praying mantis (female Carolina?) on purple loosestrife (<i>Lythrum salicaria</i>) <span class="nonNative">[non-native invasive]</span> wins battle with silver-spotted skipper
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/Mid-Atlantic/Wildflowers/Summer/i-hNqZnXw/0/e2779804/L/2010_P1040916-L.jpg)
Praying mantis (female Carolina?) on purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) [non-native invasive] wins battle with silver-spotted skipper Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC
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From Other Insects
![Bumble bee (<i>Bombus</i> sp.) on red clover <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Catoctin Mountain Nat'l Park, Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/Mid-Atlantic/Wildflowers/Summer/i-FBpjP9X/0/76e0bdff/Ti/2012_P1020475b-Ti.jpg)
![Bumble bee (<i>Bombus</i> sp.) on red clover <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Catoctin Mountain Nat'l Park, Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/Mid-Atlantic/Wildflowers/Summer/i-c7pH7sM/0/53b6c7ab/Ti/2012_P1020475a-Ti.jpg)
![Butter-and-eggs (<i>Linaria vulgaris</i>) along country road <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Catoctin Mountain Nat'l Park, Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/Mid-Atlantic/Wildflowers/Summer/i-v2ZfqQJ/0/0b86d1ed/Ti/2012_P1020465-Ti.jpg)
![Asiatic tiger lily (<i>Lilium lancifolium</i>) on rural roadside <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Near Catoctin Mountain Park, Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/Mid-Atlantic/Wildflowers/Summer/i-XDLfTkT/0/d70138f2/Ti/2012_P1020456-Ti.jpg)
![Butter-and-eggs (<i>Linaria vulgaris</i>) <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Near Catoctin Mountain Nat'l Park, Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/Mid-Atlantic/Wildflowers/Summer/i-NBRMnrd/0/93ba7ca2/Ti/2012_P1020449-Ti.jpg)
![Chicory on the hilltop <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Southern Frederick County, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/Mid-Atlantic/Wildflowers/Summer/i-TvzqDJK/0/c546a0d6/Ti/2012_P1020382-Ti.jpg)
![Praying mantis (female Carolina?) on purple loosestrife (<i>Lythrum salicaria</i>) <span class="nonNative">[non-native invasive]</span> wins battle with silver-spotted skipper
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/Mid-Atlantic/Wildflowers/Summer/i-hNqZnXw/0/e2779804/Ti/2010_P1040916-Ti.jpg)