Monday, June 29, 2026

Green Junebug

A crow joined the cherry eaters.  It landed almost on top of a mockingbird.  While in the pool, I fished out a spider I thought had drowned but it recovered as soon as it was in the air.  The usual beetles needed help but a green June beetleCotinus nitida, had rescued itself.  It was the first I'd seen this year.  Later a tiger swallowtail flitted through the trees.  

In the front yard, a rainlily bloomed.  And in an arc around where the oak used to be, white mushrooms the size of saucers spread their parasols.   The stalk had a ring but I didn't see a cup and I thought the gills bruised blue.  However, the best fit I could find online was Chlorophyllum molybdites which is poisonous.  By evening the sky was clear except for fiery clouds on the Western horizon.  

 

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