Photos and information about establishing backyard habitats and the visitors that it will bring into your yard in Southeast Michigan. iNaturalist user.
My habitat is 3 years established with almost 600 species observed. Monarch Waystation number 28156.
08/27/2021
SWAMP MILKWEED AND A SOLITARY MONARCH (PLUS OTHERS) We've mentioned before the butterfly population at Hilton Pond Center is relatively small, in part because diversity of potential host plants isn’t great. Before we arrived here in 1982 the entire 11 acres was under intense agricultural use for perhaps a hundred years, with plows repeatedly breaki...
08/21/2021
08/11/2021
Butterfly Identification Guide: 27 Types of Butterflies (With Photos) Identify the butterflies around you with the help of this guide.
08/06/2021
Did you know that some bee species are flower specialists and rely completely on one type of flower for survival?
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Macropis nuda oil bees are solitary bees native to North America found in southern parts of Canada and some of the northern United States. They are flower specialists and female bees will only collect floral oils and pollen found on loosestrife flowers (genus Lysimachia) which they use as food for their brood.
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Oil bees collect pollen and oil with dense hairs found on their legs. Female bees will also visit other flowers for their own nectar needs, but depend completely on oils secreted from specialized glands found on loosestrife flowers as part of a healthy diet for their developing larvae.
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Illustration: Macropis nuda oil bees on spotted loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata), by Steve Buchanan 🐝
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07/25/2021
https://www.almanac.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-bumblebees-friendly-fuzzy-bee
10 Things You Didn't Know About Bumblebees: The Friendly, Fuzzy Bee Buzz-worthy bumblebee facts, including which plants bumbles like to eat. See more about those fat, fuzzy fliers.
07/12/2021