{"id":103972,"date":"2022-07-08T04:35:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T10:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=103972"},"modified":"2022-07-08T05:17:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T11:17:24","slug":"showy-milkweed-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/07\/08\/showy-milkweed-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Showy Milkweed Images"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ShowyShowy Milkweed with an ant on top \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/1600, ISO 640, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I found some blooming Showy Milkweed in Morgan County high in the Wasatch Mountains two days ago and felt compelled to take images of these wonderful wildflowers. Showy Milkweed<\/span><\/a> (Asclepias speciosa<\/em>) is one of my favorite wildflowers of western North America. The pink flowers attract butterflies, bees, wasps, moths, beetles, hummingbirds and ants.<\/p>\n

\"VeryVery pale Showy Milkweed in bloom \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/3200, ISO 640, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When I came across a clump of Showy Milkweed that had ivory colored flowers instead of pink I wanted photos of the milkweed because the blossoms were so pale. Even in the mid-morning light these white flowering milkweeds seemed to glow.<\/p>\n

\"ClumpClump of Showy Milkweed flower buds \u2013 Nikon D500, f11, 1\/1600, ISO 640, -1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

There were clumps of milkweed that hadn’t started to bloom yet and I took photos of the flower buds on those. Both the leaves and the flower buds looked soft and fuzzy through my lens.<\/p>\n

\"ShowyShowy Milkweed bouquet \u2013 Nikon D500, f11, 1\/2000, ISO 640, -1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I picked a great day to photograph these Showy Milkweeds because all of the blossoms looked like they had just opened. Not one was wilted from the summer heat.<\/p>\n

\"BloomingBlooming Showy Milkweed with two ants \u2013 Nikon D500, f11, 1\/2500, ISO 640, -1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I didn’t see any butterflies flying to or landing on the milkweeds but I did find a few ants crawling on them. It was fairly breezy by the time I got to the milkweeds and that may be why I didn’t find any butterflies nectaring from them.<\/p>\n

Finding and photographing these Showy Milkweeds in perfect condition thrilled me.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my wildflower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I found some blooming Showy Milkweed in Morgan County high in the Wasatch Mountains two days ago and felt compelled to take images of these wonderful wildflowers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4594,13039,26,773,5347],"tags":[4515,9430,6570,6627,6098,6663,2491,3940,6681,6518,6571,6572,4069,4302,9594,5064,1173,2315,5065,4307],"class_list":["post-103972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-morgan-county","category-showy-milkweed","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","category-wildflowers","tag-ant","tag-ants","tag-asclepias-speciosa","tag-bloom","tag-blooming","tag-blossom","tag-bouquet","tag-canyon","tag-flower-buds","tag-flowering","tag-milkweed","tag-milkweeds","tag-mountains","tag-native","tag-pale","tag-pink-wildflowers","tag-showy-milkweed","tag-summer-3","tag-white-wildflowers","tag-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t