Continuing our Natureslite series of butterfly photography, we spent another splendid morning at Pine Hollow in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. I arrived early for sunrise. The morning mist and fog over the valley always provides a delightful mystery to the landscape. We wasted no time heading down the trail to discover what surprises would be in store this week.
 
The diversity of subject matter to photograph in Pine Hollow is amazing. From landscape to macro, wildlife to wildflowers, the list is endless. We immediately encountered a plethora of spider webs adorned with dewdrops, and a young deer feeding in the meadows. A white tiger moth caterpillar (or at least that’s what I think it is) was an attractive macro subject as well as a few garden spiders. I’m officially naming this area the “Land Of The Little Giants”. Many of the little insects are the biggest I have ever seen in Northern Ohio. The food must be plentiful, rich and fattening.
 
Our search for early morning butterflies came up short, but when they finally dried out their wings and began to flutter around there was plenty to do. Here are a few pictures from the morning.

It just keeps getting better and better!!
 
     Dale