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Hover fly trio working on a echinops blossom, Phippsburg Maine. Hover flies are significant pollinators, especially in the fall.
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Hover fly trio working on a echinops blossom, Phippsburg Maine. Hover flies are significant pollinators, especially in the fall.

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  • Giant Golden Digger Wasp, Sphenx ichneumoneus. Digger wasps burrow in the ground to build nests. They are often seen low to the ground and on lawns for this reason. They look fearsome, but rarely sting. They are curious insects and like to be near people and pets. They are a significant pollinator as seen in this photo. The wasp is feeding on nectar in the flowers of this indigenous Goldenrod. Phippsburg Maine
  • Grasshopper on squash blossom, Phippsburg Maine garden
  • Giant Digger Wasp, Sphex ichneumons on asclepias flowers, also known as Milkweed. This is a cultivated variety in this photo. Phippsburg Maine coastal garden. These wasps are huge, nearly two inches long. They look scary, but they rarely sting and quite docile. They make nests in ground burrows.
  • Giant Digger Wasp on oregano flowers. Phippsburg Maine garden. Latin name is Sphex ichneumoneus
  • Hover fly trio working on a echinops blossom, Phippsburg Maine. Hover flies are significant pollinators, especially in the fall.
  • Hover fly in a rosa rugosa blossom, Phippsburg Maine coastal garden
  • Horn beetles mating on astilbe blossoms, Phippsburg Maine. Horn beetles are significant pollinators.
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  • Honey Bee gathering pollen from rosa rugosa, Phippsburg, Maine
  • Horn Beetle on yellow Prickly Lettuce flower, Phippsburg, Maine. Prickly Lettuce is an indigenous wildflower.
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  • Fire Storm rhododendron with blue-green Hover fly. Hover flies are important pollinators. They are a very big family of insects with many varieties.
  • Bumble Bee in flight preparing to land on pink lupine flowers
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