Jim Fowler's photos with the keyword: Epargyreus clarus

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

Pollination of Small Purple Fringed orchid by a Silver-spotted Skipper. This was photographed along the access road to the summit of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina. To read more about this pollination process, please check out Jim's Blog .

These remaining 5 images represent the most interesting of the Small Purple-fringed orchid shots taken on Mt. Mitchell... This was exciting for me to record, since it does fix the Silver-spotted Skipper as a pollinator of this orchid species. If you inspect the image closely, you can see a large group of gray-green pollen sacs stuck to it's proboscis (tongue). It accumulates these pollen sacs as it visits each flower. When it sticks its head into the flower to sip the nectar, the pollen sacs attach themselves to the nearest body part by sticky pads at the end of each pollen sac...

These remaining 5 images represent the most interesting of the Small Purple-fringed orchid shots taken on Mt. Mitchell... This was exciting for me to record, since it does fix the Silver-spotted Skipper as a pollinator of this orchid species. If you inspect the image closely, you can see a large group of gray-green pollen sacs stuck to it's proboscis (tongue). It accumulates these pollen sacs as it visits each flower. When it sticks its head into the flower to sip the nectar, the pollen sacs attach themselves to the nearest body part by sticky pads at the end of each pollen sac...

These remaining 5 images represent the most interesting of the Small Purple-fringed orchid shots taken on Mt. Mitchell... This was exciting for me to record, since it does fix the Silver-spotted Skipper as a pollinator of this orchid species. If you inspect the image closely, you can see a large group of gray-green pollen sacs stuck to it's proboscis (tongue). It accumulates these pollen sacs as it visits each flower. When it sticks its head into the flower to sip the nectar, the pollen sacs attach themselves to the nearest body part by sticky pads at the end of each pollen sac...