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The endangered Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis) on pollinator favorite Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia Mountain Mint). I manage to find these every year with help from a friend. My gardens are magnets for these things. #nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs #bumblebees #rusty-patched

This is actually an awesome looking fly called Physocephala tibialis. So cool looking. We need more airplanes like this. Feeding on pollinator favorite Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia Mountain Mint). #nativeflowers #natives #insects #bugs

The pollinators are going crazy in the gardens right now. Phyciodes cocyta (Northern Crescent Butterfly) on Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed). #nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies

The pollinators are going crazy in the gardens right now. Papilio glaucous (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail) on Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant). #nativeflowers #natives #insects #butterflies #minnesota #insects

Hibiscus laevis (Swamp Rose Mallow). The Japanese beetles have been going bonkers on these this year so it was nice to see one in good condition.

Wait, what’s going on with Emmer?

Always love Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata) #nativeplants #nativeflowers #Minneaota