Rose Buttered Oxe Eye Cups

OK, this isn’t the ingredient list for a Witch’s Brew.  Just a couple pictures of natural and naturalized landscaping. The purple flowers are more Rose Verbena (Glandularia canadensis).  The yellow flowers are that of a buttercup, Early Buttercup perhaps (Ranunculus fascicularis). This is  Oxeye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum or Leucanthemum vulgare).  As often as I saw it,

Hovering with a Hummingbird Moth

I mentioned before that hummingbird moths enjoy Rose Verbena (Glandularia canadensis), but I didn’t have my camera until later.  Well, this time I was prepared with a camera and patience.  One Clearwing Hummingbird Moth was visiting the purple flowers in a field in southwest Missouri.  I chased it around with the zoom lens, getting several