Zum #InsektenSamstag heute mal #Wildbienen: Eine winzige Schweißbiene (wahrscheinlich Lasioglossum) und eine viel größere Blattschneider-Biene (Megachile) mit ihrer hübschen Pollenbürste am Unterleib.

Monarch caterpillar is progressing.

A Grass-Carrying Wasp covered with pollen.

Every day, it's bzz bzz bzz in the beebalm

(wild bergamot)

Bonus bumble bum
#Pollinators

If you want to educate yourself on the role of pesticides (and their lobbies) in the biodiversity crisis, watch the video recordings of these transdisciplinary scientific symposia

#biodiversity #pollinators #pesticides #insects #bees

Systemic pesticides and the biodiversity crisis: Toxic practices in agriculture, aquaculture and policy making:

https://www.uib.no/en/svt/154210/systemic-pesticides-and-biodiversity-crisis-toxic-practices-agriculture-aquaculture-and

Science, lobbies and the environment: marking the 60th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring:

https://www.uib.no/en/svt/155738/science-lobbies-and-environment-marking-60th-anniversary-rachel-carson%E2%80%99s-silent-spring

"Workaholics, hijackers hover, bending every stalk over in this city of stalks, un- burdening each small window of nectar. Only they can see through to honey." Gilbert Allen's 'Bees in Lavender' me #purple #lavender #catnipforbees #poetry #nature #bloomscrolling #bees #pollinators #photography

Monarch on Butterfly Weed.

"Why would you grow a crop that requires
so many dangerous substances? How important is lily farming to human survival? Versus how important are the insects? Where is the weighing? What benefit does society derive from this? It's not even about food security, this is an ornamental crop!"

#pollinators
#pesticides
#bees
#biodiversity
#insecticides

@kunst_landschap

https://butterfly-europe.eu/interview-with-project-coordinator-jeroen-p-van-der-sluijs/

I keep trying to photograph this year's hummingbird clearwing moths but only managing blurry takes so far. Resharing this lucky snap from last year instead. #NativePlants #pollinators #moth #gardening

#Bloomscrolling #Gardening #Flowers #Vegetable #Pollinators

Bean Blossom and friend

#NativePlants in the front garden.
Monarda fistulosa, Pycanthemum virginiana, and echinacea paradoxa.
#ohio #gardening #rewilding #bloomscrolling #pollinators #PollinatorGardening

Thomas Garden 25-07 XV

https://kiko.io/photos/D50_5872_2507

#MacroPhotography #GardenLife #FlowerLovers #WildlifePhotography #NatureLovers #Bumblebees #Bees #Insects #NaturePhotography #Pollinators

Common aerial yellow jackets loving the swamp milkweed in the garden.

#Butterflies #Pollinators #Iowa

A Silver Spotted Skipper visiting a purple coneflower.

Bonus! Tongue twister!
Say it three times fast:

Silver Spotted Skipper
Silver Spotted Skipper
Silver Spotted Skipper

@grafikrobot Thank you Evanston, Illinois. The rusty patch bumblebees appreciate the habitat. #pollinators, #rustypatchbumblebee, #sixthextinction