Tag: Cosmos sulphureus

  • Spotted Lanternfly Nymph on Cosmos

    Olympus EN-20 with cheap screw-on close-up lens.

    Another picture of a Spotted Lanternfly nymph, just because it was posing so decoratively on a ray of Cosmos sulphureus.

  • Bee Visiting Cosmos

  • Cosmos and Pennsylvania Leatherwing

    Father Pitt is fairly certain that the insect enjoying the pollen of this Cosmos sulphureus flower is a Pennsylvania Leatherwing (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus), a common kind of soldier beetle that prefers yellowish flowers that match its own snazzy uniform. He is always delighted to be corrected, however, by someone with more entomological expertise than he has.

  • Cosmos sulphureus After the Rain

    Cosmos sulphureus

    Another bright Victorian favorite coming back into favor after a period of eclipse.

    Cosmos sulphureus in yellow
    Cosmos sulphureus with raindrops
    Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6.
  • Cosmos sulphureus

    A popular garden flower, seen above in a more than usually close view.