Insects and Spiders

Buttonbush Attracts Pollinators

Jackpot photo. I'd been told that it looked like a new batch of broad-winged skippers had emerged and this rare butterfly was in abundance, at least for now. Sure enough, the buttonbush flower worked its magic. There are three of the uncommon skippers plus a Irridescent Bromeliad Fly on one flower. Nice of them to all line up sideways in a circle for me.
Irridescent Bromeliad Fly (Copestylum vesicularium)
Buttonbush flowers (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Broad-winged Skipper (Poanes viator)

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