Misterpatrick
@misterpatrick
Artist, musician and amateur naturalist. I take a lot of native plant photos. Expect posts about politics and plants. And also music, Irish and otherwise. Oh, and maybe some climbing stuff.
If you’re in the Twin Cities, come and see my band play the Harriet Bandshell this Friday, August 14th at 7:30PM. It’ll be a hoot!
This is actually an awesome looking fly called Physocephala tibialis. So cool looking. We need more airplanes like this. Feeding on pollinator favorite Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia Mountain Mint). #nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs
The pollinators are going crazy in the gardens right now. Phyciodes cocyta (Northern Crescent Butterfly) on Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed). #nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies
The pollinators are going crazy in the gardens right now. Papilio glaucous (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail) on Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant). #nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies #minnesota #insects
Hibiscus laevis (Swamp Rose Mallow). The Japanese beetles have been going bonkers on these this year so it was nice to see one in good condition.
Always love Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata) #nativeplants #nativeflowers #Minneaota
Prairie Sundrops (Oenothera pilosella) on the rain garden. #NativePlants
Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke) doing that thing it does. #nativeflowers #Minnesota
Blue Flag Iris (Iris veriscolor) popping in the rain garden. #nativeplants
First Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and Hepatica (Anemone americana) of the season. Trout Lilies coming up all around them. #nativeplants #Minnesota
Are you in the Twin Cities? Come listen to some shiny new Áit Ait songs from our new album ‘The Ranger and the Stranger’. Tickets! celticjunction.org/event/ait-ai...
Ok, taking a break from the dystopian nightmare that is currently happening in my city of Minneapolis to post this. My band Áit Ait latest release! It’s available on Bandcamp and on all the streaming platforms. Links to all of our fun stuff is here! linktr.ee/aitait
Virginia Mountain Mint is a wonderful native and it makes great tea. I dehydrate and strip the leaves off.
Endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee in my garden. There are currently a bunch which is lovely to see.
Mayapple in the rain. Sad day in Minneapolis as ICE thugs cause chaos.
Some random things in my woods this week. #nativePlants #Minnesota