2017/08/27

More urban insects on campus - August 2017

Our pollinator group did two more pollinator observations (plus an single-audience pollinator talk) on campus this month since my girlfriend and I returned back from Portland.

And here are some of the photos.

Bombus griseocollis on Agastache foeniculum
Bombus griseocollis queen missing her left antenna on anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum).

Bombus sp.
Another Bombus sp. on A, fieniculum.

Bombus sp on Leonurus cardiaca
Bombus sp. visiting motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca).

Bombus bimaculatus on Silphium perfoliatum
B. bimaculatus on cup-plant (Silphium perfoliatum).

Bombus sp on Rudbeckia hirta
Bombus sp. foraging for nectar on black-eyed-Susan (Rudbeckia hirta).

Bombus sp on Rudbeckia hirta
And "accidentally" collecting pollen at the same time.

Bombus sp. on Rudbeckia hirta

Lasioglossum sp on Rudbeckia hirta
An adorable-looking sweat bee (Lasioglossum sp.) on R. hirta.

Lasioglossum sp. on Rudbeckia hirta
A different sweat bee.

Bee fly (family Bombyliidae) on Rudbeckia hirta
One of the less common pollinators, bee fly (family Bombyliidae) on R. hirta.


Lasioglossum sp on Origanum vulgare
Lasioglossum sp. on oregano (Origanum vulgare).

Hylaeus sp on Agastache foeniculum
A masked bee (Hylaeus sp.) on A. foeniculum.

Andrena sp on Aster
Andrena sp. on an unknown aster - probably my favourite photograph from this month.

Augochlora sp. on Solidago
Augochlora sp. on goldenrod (Solidago sp.)

Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)
An unhappy Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) lifting its hind legs up in the air.

I can't believe there are only four more months of 2017 left!  Time to focus more on the present and worry less about the future.

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