Title: Musk Thistle with a bumble bee
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2023
Nonnative
American Goldfinch female perching on a thistle
Mia McPhersonTitle: American Goldfinch female perching on a thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/20/2022
Female American Goldfinch perched on a thistle
Mia McPhersonTitle: Female American Goldfinch perched on a thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/20/2022
Damp Orange-crowned Warbler near Canada Thistles
Mia McPhersonTitle: Damp Orange-crowned Warbler near Canada Thistles
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/3/2021
Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly female in July
Mia McPhersonTitle: Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly female in July
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 7/21/2021
Adult Pine Siskin on a Musk Thistle close up
Mia McPhersonTitle: Adult Pine Siskin on a Musk Thistle close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 7/7/2021
Musk Thistle with two bee species on it
Mia McPhersonTitle: Musk Thistle with two bee species on it
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 7/7/2021
Non-native
American Goldfinch male on a thistle with ants and aphids
Mia McPhersonTitle: American Goldfinch male on a thistle with ants and aphids
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Male American Goldfinch feasting on aphids
Mia McPhersonTitle: Male American Goldfinch feasting on aphids
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Immature Yellow Warbler lifting off from a thistle
Mia McPhersonTitle: Immature Yellow Warbler lifting off from a thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Immature Yellow Warbler fluttering its wings
Mia McPhersonTitle: Immature Yellow Warbler fluttering its wings
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Immature Yellow Warbler foraging on thistles
Mia McPhersonTitle: Immature Yellow Warbler foraging on thistles
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Immature Yellow Warbler and thistles
Mia McPhersonTitle: Immature Yellow Warbler and thistles
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Immature Yellow Warbler perched on a thistle
Mia McPhersonTitle: Immature Yellow Warbler perched on a thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Chipmunk climbing a thistle
Mia McPhersonTitle: Chipmunk climbing a thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/14/2019
Nectaring female Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly
Mia McPhersonTitle: Nectaring female Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/14/2019
Female Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly in the Wasatch Mountains
Mia McPhersonTitle: Female Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/14/2019
Pine Siskin feeding on Musk Thistle
Mia McPhersonTitle: Pine Siskin feeding on Musk Thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2018
Canada Thistle – Lettuce from hell thistle
Mia McPhersonTitle: Canada Thistle – Lettuce from hell thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/8/2018
Non-native
Pine Siskin close up
Mia McPhersonTitle: Pine Siskin close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/6/2018
Pine Siskin on a Musk Thistle
Mia McPhersonTitle: Pine Siskin on a Musk Thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/6/2018
Great Spangled Fritillary female on a Musk Thistle
Mia McPhersonTitle: Great Spangled Fritillary female on a Musk Thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 7/26/2018
The thistle is non-native
Female Great Spangled Fritillary nectaring on Musk Thistle
Mia McPhersonTitle: Female Great Spangled Fritillary nectaring on Musk Thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 7/26/2018
The thistle is non-native
Musk Thistle with dark background
Mia McPhersonTitle: Musk Thistle with dark background
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2018
Nonnative
Musk Thistle in bloom
Mia McPhersonTitle: Musk Thistle in bloom
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2018
Nonnative
Musk Thistle in morning light
Mia McPhersonTitle: Musk Thistle in morning light
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2018
Nonnative
Checkered White butterflies on thistles
Mia McPhersonTitle: Checkered White butterflies on thistles
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/19/2015
Great Basin Bumble Bee flying next to a Musk Thistle
Mia McPhersonTitle: Great Basin Bumble Bee flying next to a Musk Thistle
Location: Cascade Springs, Wasatch National Forest, Wasatch County, Utah
Date: 7/9/2015