Plants and Pollinators...

Here are a few photos from our flower garden this year. We have sunflowers, common milkweed, and other beautiful plants. They have attracted many bees, insects, and a couple of butterflies (monarch pictured here) this season. Hopefully we get more as summer progresses and turns into autumn!

Common milkweed in full bloom - with a monarch butterfly in attendance.

Male monarch butterfly.

Rattlesnake master plant.

Red-legged buprestis beetle.

Bumblebee (left) and a striking alianthus webworm moth both enjoying this milkweed flower.

A close-up view of the colourful moth.

Red milkweed beetle.

Another sunflower growing out of a sunflower!

Lovely yellow sunflower.

A darker variety of sunflower with four pollen-laden bees!