Saturday, June 7, 2014

Bristly Sarsaparilla

" Bristly Sarsaparilla "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Yellow above
slightly green below
male clear

virtually absent
on female
similar species

lacking pink fringes
hosts are willows
bogs and meadows

submarginal rows
dusky below
common and orange

overwinters
in 3rd instar
acid bogs

heaths
in the higher parts
creeping wintergreen

traced by olive gray
silvery cell spot
bristly sarsaparilla

various asters
range patterns
hazel, aspen
plant matter...

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