The Fine-Backed Red Paper Wasp is an Important Fall Pollinator discusses the lifestyle of these nonaggressive social wasps and points out their importance for pollination, especially in the fall. It shows readers a couple of macro images of these wasps.
Thynnid Wasps Love Habitats with Colorful Wildflowers shows readers an artistically rendered photo of a five banded thynnid wasp with parts of it’s body replaced by a photo of it’s habitat. It also explains why the author/artists chose this image.
Winged Sumac is Great for Attracting Pollinators shows readers several types of pollinators that can be found feeding on the now flowering winged sumac plant. This plant only blooms for a few weeks, but it’s very important to these insects.
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National Pollinator’s Week is a Really Important Reason to Celebrate shows readers several images of pollinators in action. It also explains the importance of pollinators to the world.
The Great Golden Digger Wasp is Wonderful for Gardens introduces readers to these fascinating, nonaggressive wasps and explains why they are fantastic to have around. It also shows readers several images of these colorful wasps.
The Girls of the Interesting Hibernaculum Continue to Thrive gives readers an update on the hibernaculum that the author monitored all winter. It shows images of one of the wasps beginning her nest.
White Sweetclover is Beautiful and Useful, but Can be Invasive gives readers both the pros and the cons of this non-native wildflower. It also shows readers several images of this beautiful plant.
The Southeastern Blueberry Bee is an Amazing Pollinator discusses this interesting bee’s unusual lifestyle. It also tells readers about how these bees are effective pollinators for blueberries and other early spring blooming plants.
Carpenter Bees are Scary, but Harmless and Very Helpful discussed the pros and cons of the eastern carpenter bee. It also tells readers about their unusual social structure and mating habits and discusses the various types of carpenter bees.
A Beautiful Spring is Springing in Florida shows readers some of the first signs of spring that are popping up all over north central Florida.
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