Brown lacewing larva As the last remaining leaves fall from the trees, I start to think about all the beneficial insects that are seeking shelter under the leaf litter or attached to plant s...
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The UNEQUAL CELLOPHANE BEE is typically the earliest Colletes species to emerge in the spring in our area. This spring, I found several aggregations of nests on south-facing slopes at a local p...
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CUCKOO BEES ~ COELIOXYS SPP. A female cuckoo bee, Coelioxys sp. nectars on hairy false goldenaster, Heterotheca villosa in late fall There are many types of cuckoo bees in North America. I...
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AVAILABLE MARCH 2014 BOOK WEBSITE: www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com ATTRACT AND SUPPORT POLLINATORS WITH NATIVE PLANTS • Over 65 perennial native plants of the Midwest, Great Lakes regi...
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GRASS-CARRYING WASPS ~ ISODONTIA SPP. There are a number of ways to attract beneficial insects to your landscape. Planting a diversity of native plants is an easy, win-win solution. Not on...
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Beneficial insects (natural enemies) are predators and parasitoids; they maintain the checks and balances of the insect world, helping to prevent pest populations from getting out of control and...
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NECTAR GUIDES PRAIRIE PHLOX, PHLOX PILOSA Dark pink lines near the corolla opening act as nectar guides for pollinators. Nectar guides are stripes or spots inside the flower corolla t...
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WILD WHITE INDIGO ~ BAPTISIA LACTEA (B. ALBA) The tall racemes of wild white indigo project above the other prairie forbs and grasses in early spring before these competing plants start to gro...
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PRAIRIE PHLOX ~ PHLOX PILOSA The fragrant, pink flowers of prairie phlox are just about finished their display for the season. Prairie phlox is a robust, drought tolerant prairie native that ...
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DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES ~ DICENTRA CUCULLARIA Dutchman’s breeches flowers very early in the spring typically at the end of April but this year closer to mid-May. The bright white 'pants' look li...
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DOWNY YELLOW VIOLETS ~ VIOLA PUBESCENS Downy yellow violets are one of my favorite woodland violets. The heart-shaped leaves set off the bright yellow flowers in early spring. Because of its s...
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You can now download some of the recent handouts I created for pollinators and native plants from the right sidebar of my blog homepage . More to come, stay tuned! © Heather Holm, 2017.
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AMERICAN PASQUEFLOWER ~ ANEMONE PATENS American pasqueflower is a wonderful native alternative to tulips or daffodils, flowering in early spring. It can be found on sunny, prairie slopes with ...
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Image Source: Wikipedia The emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis a beetle native to China, Japan and Korea was introduced into North America in the Great Lakes area in the early 1990's a...
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Like many spring-flowering native plants, wild geranium flowers have the ability to self-pollinate when no pollinators are present. However, the flower matures to ensure cross-pollination when ...
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FLOWER: June - Late July | EXPOSURE: Full Sun SOIL MOISTURE: Mesic to Dry | SOIL TYPE: Sand to Loam Butterfly milkweed develops a substantial taproot and is not easy to transpla...
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Milkweed plants, Asclepias spp. have a unique method of transferring pollen from one plant to the other for cross-pollination. Pollen is aggregated in sac-like bundles called pollinia, located...
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© Heather Holm, 2017.
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GRASS-CARRYING WASPS ~ ISODONTIA SPP. Grass-carrying wasps are a flower-visiting solitary wasp, common in late summer and early fall. Because they are solitary-nesting, and not colonial lik...
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If you are planning a woodland garden, or already have one established, these 12 native plants are definitely worth considering. One of the major components in developing a native woodland gard...
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HAREBELL ~ CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA Typically, small to medium sized bees visit harebell flowers. The five-parted, nodding flowers have a prominent, large, central style that may restrict acces...
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Did you know that most wasps are solitary nesting and don't sting humans? There are some fascinating wasp species that visit our garden plants for nectar, and use our landscape to hunt for f...
http://www.restoringthelandscape.com/2012/12/wasps-in-wildlife-garden.html
GREEN SWEAT BEES (METALLIC GREEN BEES) ~ AGAPOSTEMON SPP. Green Sweat Bees are one of the most brightly colored native bees in our area. A bright emerald green head and thorax, with a striped...
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TALL BEARD TONGUE ~ PENSTEMON DIGITALIS Beard tongue flowers have a large, hairy staminode on the lower half of the tubular flower which restricts access to bees to the flower and helps in pol...
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YELLOW FACED BEES ~ HYLAEUS SPP. Yellow Faced Bees are tiny black bees with yellow (sometimes white) markings on their face, thorax and legs. Often mistaken for tiny solitary wasps, these bee...
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