Leafcutter Bee on Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
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Sachem Skipper and a Hover Fly on Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed)
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Four-Toothed Mason Wasp on Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' (Ruby Spice Sweet Pepperbush)
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Monarch on Conoclinium coelestinum (Hardy Ageratum)
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Common Hover Fly on Diervilla lonicera (Bush Honeysuckle)
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Blue Winged Wasp on Clethra alnifolia 'Summer Sparkler' (Summer Sparkler Sweet Pepperbush)
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Scollid Wasp and Sand Wasp on Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Threadleaf Mountain Mint)
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Scollid Wasp on Erigeron pulchellus 'Lynhaven Carpet' (Robin's Plantain)
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Green Metallic Sweat Bee on Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower)
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Carpenter Bee on Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra (Swamp Milkweed)
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Sweat Bee on Ratibida pinnata (Grey-headed Coneflower)
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Pearl Crescent taking a break on Baptisia australis (False Indigo)
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Potter Wasp on Aster umbellatus (Flat-topped Aster)
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Carpenter Bee on Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
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Horace's Duskywing on Echinacea purpurea 'Cheyenne Spirit' (Coneflower)
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Cuckoo Sweat Bee on Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)
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Eastern Tailed Blue (female) taking a break on Luzula acuminata (Hairy Woodrush)
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Carpenter bees on Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
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Mydas Fly on Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Threadleaf Mountain Mint)
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Gray Hairstreak on Achillea millefolium 'Paprika' (Yarrow)
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Bumble bee on Aster oblongifolius 'Raydon's Favorite' (Aromatic Aster)
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Wedge-shaped Beetles on Pycnanthemum curvipes (Stone Mountain Mint)
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Great Golden Digger Wasp on Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Threadleaf Mountain Mint)
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Banded Longhorn Beetle on Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
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Thread-waisted Sand Wasp on Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
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Sachem Skipper on Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop)
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Plasterer Bee. These are usually the first pollinators of the season in mid to late March
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Silver Spotted Skipper taking a break on Eupatorium perfoliatum (Boneset)
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Eastern Bumble Bee on Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead)
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Longhorn Flower Beetle on a not native rose (Knockout)
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Common Thread-waisted Wasps mating on Pycnanthemum muticum (Blunt Mountain Mint)
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Zabulon Skipper resting on Ratibida pinnata (Gray-headed Coneflower)
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on not native Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' (Slender Deutzia)
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Noble Scollid Wasp on Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Threadleaf Mountain Mint) with a Tumbling Flower Beetle (the small black insect in pic)
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Bumble Bee fighting its way into Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia)
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I’d love to see everyone’s native pollinator pics!