Tuesday 20 August 2024

Pollinators

Every day I check the progress of my flowers. Today I was delighted to see a bee feeding on my recently-bloomed sunflower.

A little later it was covered in pollen.
The gailliarda are also attracting insects including bumble bees.

This guy must have been rolling in the pollen.

The sea holly were at their best a few weeks ago. My iPhone ID feature tells me this wasp is a Great Golden Sand Digger. 

The goldenrod are also very popular with pollinators and are almost at the end for the season. 

Other years, Skip grew spectacular zinnias which the insects just loved.

I must remember to plant some of these next year.



 

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