September 21, 2025

I'm getting a bit of a late start on this week's blog.  But it's a start.  Here you see the Asters, the major flower of the week.  They seem to be coming in only two colors:  pink and purplish.  They both are greatly admired by Bumblebees and Honeybees.    

Definitely, if I were a Bee or a Wasp or a Butterfly, I would be attracted to this lovely Pink Aster. Or these.  Or This Purple one.  

The Goldenrod came a couple of weeks ago and is starting to slow down a bit.  It was great fun, while it lasted, to look for creatures that mimicked the gold blanket.  The middle picture is of a pair of Goldenrod Soldier Beetles mating, while picture 3 shows Cerceris insolita, a lovely small wasp.  

Here is a Bee?  Wasp?  No, it's a Fly - a member of Banded Bee Flies, Tribe Villini, to be exact.  

Here is the European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula).   Next is our Northern Paper Wasp.  Third is another Wasp, with a circular decoration about its mouth.  Right now it seeems to beHere is the European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula).   Next is our Northern Paper Wasp.  Third is another Wasp, with a circular decoration about its mouth.  It seeems to be a Fraternal Potter Wasp.

Usually about now there will be a new creature or two showing up out front, but today seems to be running a bit low on new things appearing.  Let's hope next week will be a bonanza!  Take care of yourself and your environment.  Love, Martha