Sticky Geranium

Early July Wildflowers In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-16T09:11:24-05:00July 16th, 2022|Categories: Blue Elderberry, Morgan County, Musk Thistle, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geraniums, Summit County, Utah, Washington County, Wood's Rose|Tags: Arnica longifolia, bee, beetles, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Blue Elderberry, buds, canyon, Carduus nutans, Eriogonum heracleoides, Geranium viscosissimum, Lupinus argenteus, mountains, Musk Thistle, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, ravine, Rosa woodsii, rosebuds, Sambucus cerulea, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Geranium, summer, wildflowers, Woods' Rose|

I wanted to share some of the wildflowers I photographed in the first part of July that I have found in Summit and Morgan Counties high in the Wasatch Mountains.

Ornate Checkered Beetle In Sticky Purple Geraniums

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-01T05:16:58-05:00July 1st, 2022|Categories: Ornate Checkered Beetles, Sticky Purple Geraniums, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: beetle, beetles, blooming, blooms, blossoms, canyon, flowering, geranium, Geranium viscosissimum, geraniums, insects, mountains, native, Ornate Checkered Beetle, perennial, pink wildflowers, protocarnivorous, purple wildflowers, Sticky Geranium, Sticky Purple Geranium, summer, Trichodes ornatus, wildflower, wildflowers|

When my trips to the field are slow bird-wise there is always something else to focus on. Earlier this week it was an Ornate Checkered Beetle on Sticky Purple Geraniums.