Monarch butterfly on a meadow liatris bloom at Arrowhead Park

Young monarch caterpillar near swamp milkweed at Bennett Park

Young Swallowtail Caterpillar on a Golden Alexander leaf at Queen's Park

Red milkweed beetle on a swamp milkweed at Arrowhead Park

Eastern swallowtail butterfly on a hoary Vervain bloom at Arrowhead Park

Young short-horned grasshopper on a blanket flower bloom at Arrowhead Park

Monarch caterpillar on a swamp milkweed at Arrowhead Park

Female twelve spotted skimmer on a hoary Vervain bloom at Arrowhead Park

Leafcutter bee on a meadow liatris bloom at Arrowhead Park

A soldier beetle on a black-eyed susan bloom at Queen's Park

Leafy spurge moth caterpillar on the mulch at Arrowhead Park

This moth will turn into a Leafy Spurge Hawk Moth, more commonly known as a Hummingbird Moth

Long hover fly on a hyssop bloom at Queen's Park

Leafcutter bee on a hyssop bloom at Queen's Park

Monarch caterpillar on a swamp milkweed leaf at Arrowhead Park

Leafcutter bee struggles with the piece of leaf it has cut, preparing to carry it back to its nest at Arrowhead Park, where it will build a space to raise its young 

Soldier beetle on a swamp milkweed bloom at Queen's Park

A yellow-shouldered drone fly on a black-eyed susan bloom at Arrowhead Park

Furrow bee on a black-eyed susan bloom at Arrowhead Park

Orange-banded bumblebee on a hyssop bloom at Arrowhead Park

Lady beetle on a campers finger at Queen's Park

Monarch caterpillar on a swamp milkweed stem at Queen's Park

Bumblebee on a hyssop bloom at Queen's Park

Leafcutter bee on a swamp milkweed Bloom at Bennett Park

Monarch caterpillar near swamp milkweed at Bennett Park

Summer azure butterfly on a golden alexander bloom at Arrowhead Park

Wasps on a golden alexander bloom at Arrowhead Park

Although wasps can be scary and are not the most efficient pollinators, they are important to their ecosystem

Mature black swallowtail caterpillar on a golden alexander leaf at Queen's Park

Bumblebee flying to bergamot (Bee balm) bloom at Queen's Park

Green metallic sweat bee on a blanket flower bloom at Queen's Park

Several black swallowtail caterpillars on a golden alexander plant at Queen's Park

A leafcutter bee on an oxeye sunflower bloom at Arrowhead Park

Swallowtail caterpillar eating a golden alexander bloom at Queen's Park

Leafcutter bee resting on a bergamot (bee balm) leaf at Queen's Park

Pearl crescent butterfly on a black-eyed susan Bloom at Arrowhead Park

Two monarch butterflies dancing above the pocket prairie at Bennett Park

Monarch caterpillar eating a showy milkweed leaf at Queen's Park

Broad-handed leafcutter bee on a blanket flower bloom at Arrowhead Park

Monarch butterfly on a swamp milkweed bloom at Arrowhead Park

Broad-handed leafcutter bee on a hoary Vervain bloom at Arrowhead Park

Two bumblebees on a hyssop bloom at Queen's Park

Monarch butterfly on a swamp milkweed bloom at Bennett Park

Bumblebee on a bergamot (bee balm) bloom at Queen's Park

(The white substance on the leaves is known as powdery mildew, which is common in our area but is generally not harmful to native plants)

Grasshopper on an oxeye sunflower bloom at Arrowhead Park

Bumblebee on a hyssop bloom at Arrowhead Park