Photo Gallery of North Carolina Pollinators

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.

Under Construction!
Many more photos to come.

bee on Ratibida

Shaggy fuzzyfoot bee (doesn't that name make you smile?)
on prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera).

 

carpenter bee on passionflower

Carpenter bee on passionflower (Passiflora incarnata).

 

Swallowtail on Vernonia.

Swallowtail on ironweed (Vernonia novenoracensis).

 

hummingbird moth

Hummingbird moth on chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus).

 

Halictid on Echinacea

Sweat bee on coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).

 

syrphid fly on Tithonia

Syrphid fly and sweat bee on Mexican sunflower (Tithonia).

 

Monarch caterpillar on Asclepias

Monarch caterpillar on swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata).

 

Bumble bee on Eupatorium

Bumble bee on joe-pye weed (Eupatorium fistulosum).

 

Ambush bug on Monarda punctata

Ambush bug on spotted horsemint (Monarda punctata).

 

Tiny sweat bee on Monarda

Tiny sweat bee on bee balm (Monarda fistulosa).

 

Bumble bee on aster.

Bumble bee on aster.

 

Bumble bee on pincushion flower (Scabiosa).

Bumble bee on pincushion flower (Scabiosa columbaria).


soldier beetles

Soldier beetles on Celosia.


hairstreak butterfly

Hairstreak butterfly on goldenrod (Solidago rugosa).


Honey bee on ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii)

Honey bee on ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii).


Honey bee on millet

Honey bee on millet.


Halictid bees on Helianthus.

Halictid bees on downy sunflower (Helianthus mollis).

 

 

This page last updated on December 18, 2008.

 

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