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Tag: attracting pollinators

goldenrod and insects: Bumblebee on Goldenrod
August 15August 14 Donna L. Long

Attracting Pollinators with the Goldenrods

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Swallowtail butterfly family. Photo by Donna L. Long.
July 4February 8 Donna L. Long

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly: How to Indentify and Find Them.

Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
August 24October 3 Donna L. Long

Summer Blooming Native Flowers

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

Red Admiral Butterfly and Flowers That Attract Them.

Aster and 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 7September 24 Donna L. Long

Pollinator Syndromes: How to Predict Which Flowers Insects Will Like

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Butterfly. Lycaenidae Butterfly Family). By Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth! [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
June 9October 3 Donna L. Long

Observing Butterflies At Home and Far Away

Aster and Large Carpenter Bee (Xylcopa spp.) onn a New England Aster (Symphyotricum novae-angliae) blossom in my garden.
October 31July 26 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 2September 24 Donna L. Long

Gossamer Butterfly Family (Lycaenidae)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Swallowtail butterfly family. Photo by Donna L. Long.
August 25September 24 Donna L. Long

Swallowtail Butterfly Family

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
August 4September 24 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

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