Eupatorium fistulosum
Joe Pye weed

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August 22, 2001,  3:15 PM  Hemingway, SC   USA

Family: Asteraceae (Aster or Sunflower Family)
Roadside/ditchbank

Unidentified Bee
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August 22, 2001,  3:27 PM  Hemingway, SC   USA

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Bombus fraternus male      September 10, 2001,  Browntown, SC   USA

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Silver spotted skipper
September 10, 2001    Browntown, SC  USA

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail  Papilio glaucus
September 10, 2001    Browntown, SC  USA

Joe Pye weed is extremely attractive to many species of bees, wasps, leps, droneflies, etc. The main pollinator in this area is Bombus fraternus.  More pictures coming as soon as I can find a patch that is more accessible. My major study patch is overgrown with dewberry, poison ivy, etc., which kind of limits movement.

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