2. MAINE INSECTS

INSECTS, BEES, BEETLES, BUGS

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  • Horn beetle feeding on pollen and nectar of pale yellow Scotch Briar rose, Phippsburg, Maine
  • Green metallic bees (genera Agapostemon, Augochlora, and Augochlorella,
  • Green metallic bees (genera Agapostemon, Augochlora, and Augochlorella,
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  • a flying Aphid on the hairy lip of a Foxglove flower, macro
  • Hover fly hovering over double, pale pink rose, Phippsburg, Maine garden summer
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  • Hover fly also called a Flower Fly on green leaf. Hover flies are important pollinators
  • Wasp on nettle
  • Stink Bug, frontal view of nuicanse beetle in the house in the winter time, Phippsburg, Maine
  • Blue mushroom with caterpillar eating it, Wilbur Preserve, Phippsburg, Maine, August, 2011
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  • White Faced Wasp feeding on pollen of daisy in Maine, coastal garden
  • Polygala paucifolia, known as Gaywings or Fringed polygala is also called Milkwort, Snakeroot. My mother always called it Birdy On the Wing. I think that might have been her own name for it or a very local nickname. This Maine wildflower is a spring ephemeral, dissappearing by the time the trees leaf out. It growns in dappled shade in lean soil. It has been used medicinally and was thought to improve the milk production of cows that at it. There are over 60 different species of Polygala in the United States. Most of the occur in the southeast. This is the one we see in Maine. Photographed in May, Phippsburg, Maine. It's tiny: only three inches tall and the flower is about 1 1/2 inch across. I had to lie on the ground for these photos taken with a macro lens. For a distribution map and more info on this wildflower, visit <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/polygala_paucifolia.shtml">http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/polygala_paucifolia.shtml</a>
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  • Caddisfly, species unknown (there are at least 12,000), Also called sedge-flies or rail-flies, they are small moth-like insects having two pairs of hairy membranous wings. They are closely related to Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) which have scales on their wings. Phippsburg, Maine June, 10, 2013
  • Caddisfly, species unknown (there are at least 12,000), Also called sedge-flies or rail-flies, they are small moth-like insects having two pairs of hairy membranous wings. They are closely related to Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) which have scales on their wings. Phippsburg, Maine June, 10, 2013
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