Pollinators!

Leafcutter Bee on Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)

Sachem Skipper and a Hover Fly on Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed)

Four-Toothed Mason Wasp on Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' (Ruby Spice Sweet Pepperbush)

Monarch on Conoclinium coelestinum (Hardy Ageratum)

Common Hover Fly on Diervilla lonicera (Bush Honeysuckle)

Blue Winged Wasp on Clethra alnifolia 'Summer Sparkler' (Summer Sparkler Sweet Pepperbush)

Scollid Wasp and Sand Wasp on Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Threadleaf Mountain Mint)

Scollid Wasp on Erigeron pulchellus 'Lynhaven Carpet' (Robin's Plantain)

Green Metallic Sweat Bee on Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower)

Carpenter Bee on Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra (Swamp Milkweed)

Sweat Bee on Ratibida pinnata (Grey-headed Coneflower)

Pearl Crescent taking a break on Baptisia australis (False Indigo)

Potter Wasp on Aster umbellatus (Flat-topped Aster)

Carpenter Bee on Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)

Horace's Duskywing on Echinacea purpurea 'Cheyenne Spirit' (Coneflower)

Cuckoo Sweat Bee on Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)

Eastern Tailed Blue (female) taking a break on Luzula acuminata (Hairy Woodrush)

Carpenter bees on Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)

Mydas Fly on Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Threadleaf Mountain Mint)

Gray Hairstreak on Achillea millefolium 'Paprika' (Yarrow)

Bumble bee on Aster oblongifolius 'Raydon's Favorite' (Aromatic Aster)

Wedge-shaped Beetles on Pycnanthemum curvipes (Stone Mountain Mint)

Great Golden Digger Wasp on Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Threadleaf Mountain Mint)

Banded Longhorn Beetle on Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)

Thread-waisted Sand Wasp on Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)

Sachem Skipper on Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop)

Plasterer Bee. These are usually the first pollinators of the season in mid to late March

Silver Spotted Skipper taking a break on Eupatorium perfoliatum (Boneset)

Eastern Bumble Bee on Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead)

Longhorn Flower Beetle on a not native rose (Knockout)

Common Thread-waisted Wasps mating on Pycnanthemum muticum (Blunt Mountain Mint)

Zabulon Skipper resting on Ratibida pinnata (Gray-headed Coneflower)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on not native Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' (Slender Deutzia)

Noble Scollid Wasp on Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Threadleaf Mountain Mint) with a Tumbling Flower Beetle (the small black insect in pic)

Bumble Bee fighting its way into Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia)

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