Dreams2Fly

These appear to be much rounder than the Say's Stink Bug, and the color markings are quite a bit different. I suspect this is a beetle of some type rather than a true bug.

I guess eventually I'll get good enough to know which family to start a search in. Generally, I try to write notes about what a guide says a particular plant is so I can look them up when I get home. That, obviously, doesn't always work.

But there are tons of yellow flowers here and the plant looked somewhat gourd-like to me, so I was really floundering with my limited note.

Thanks for the info. I'm surprised wiki didn't kick this for me when I did my search. Ground Cherry and Groundcherry should have popped - stupid search engine!!

Thanks! That looks just like it.

They are definitely different butterflies, or I would have skipped posting this one. I can zoom the photos and reload as they're pretty high res.

Thanks for the ID, Abigail.

My first thought was Mayapple, but your fruit/flower is in the wrong place, and there are no lobes on the leaves (it looks like three separate leaves rather than a single multi-lobed leaf). If you find one that still has a flower on it, that will help to ID it.

The focus could have been better but as much as this was flitting about, I'm surprised I caught it at all. I originally thought the photo was a close up of a willow until I noticed this gem.