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Tag: attracting pollinators

Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa Atalanta) sipping salts from human skin.
June 29November 17 Donna L. Long

Red Admiral Butterfly and Flowers That Attract Them.

Large Carpenter Bee (Xylcopa spp.) with new blossoms, fertiilized and blossoms going to seed of a New England Aster (Symphyotricum novae-angliae) in my garden.
September 29November 17 Donna L. Long

New England Asters, a Pollinator Magnet for Your Garden.

Bee sipping nectar from a Sienna
April 7March 23 Donna L. Long

Pollinator Syndromes: How to Predict Which Flowers Insects Will Like

Large Carpenter Bee (Xylcopa spp.) onn a New England Aster (Symphyotricum novae-angliae) blossom in my garden.
October 31February 15 Donna L. Long

New England Asters are a Buffet for Pollinators

A sunflower (Helianthus spp.) in my garden illuminated by the sun. Photo by Donna L. Long.
October 3November 17 Donna L. Long

Fall Sunflowers, Bees, Flies and Pollination

Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas) - Lycaenidae Family. Photo from Wikimedia Public Domain.
September 2August 26 Donna L. Long

Gossamer Butterfly Family (Lycaenidae)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Swallowtail butterfly family. Photo by Donna L. Long.
August 25August 26 Donna L. Long

Swallowtail Butterfly Family

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
August 4February 21 Donna L. Long

The 6 Butterfly Families and Identifying Butterflies

Bumble Bee on Blue False Indigo
April 18 Donna L. Long

Early Spring Blooming Plants to Attract Bumble Bees

Great Spangled Fritillary on Echinacea purpurea
August 9February 21 Donna L. Long

A Naturalist’s Garden: An Overview

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
August 6February 8 Donna L. Long

Butterflies and Moths Information and Links

October 3November 17 Donna L. Long

It's 52 degrees and a hummer is at the feeder.

gill mushrooms. Photo by Donna L. Long
August 12November 17 Donna L. Long

Clearwing Hummingbird Moth and Its Life Cycle

A Pollen leaden American Bumble Bee (Bombus pennsylvanicus). Photo by Donna L. Long.
August 10 Donna L. Long

Pollen-laden Bumble Bee

March 7 Donna L. Long

Early spring plants for bumblebees

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