It’s August already, and all the tall phlox blossoms are aging and fading away. But we had a great season for tall phlox this July, and I have enjoyed watching the insects that were drawn to the phlox.
There is the hummingbird moth.
The first time I spotted a clearwing hummingbird moth, I really thought it was a bird. But no, just parallel evolution.
There is the gorgeous pipevine swallowtail.
And then there is also the red spotted purple that just pretends to be a pipevine swallowtail, but has no tail at all.
There is the giant bumblebee.
And there are the blossoms themselves.
Did you know the tall phlox made an appearance in a verse of In Case There’s Fox?
