Liatris squarrosa
Blazing star
Images Copyright 2001, David L. Green

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August 20, 5:01 PM, Hemingway, SC USA

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August 22, 2:26 PM, Hemingway, SC USA

 

Family:  Astaraceae (Aster or Sunflower family)
Native:  Found in cutover woods

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Tentative ID: Mellissodes bimaculata
August 20, 5:06 PM, Hemingway, SC USA		 Unidentified Lep
August 20, 5:08 PM, Hemingway, SC USA

In cutover forest land:
Observed pollinators:  Mellissodes, a large megachilid bee, Silver spotted skipper, sulfur butterflies.
    Mellissodes bees are the most frequent visitors. In the morning they move very quickly, wallowing thru the stamens to gather pollen on their bodies, which they comb into their pollen baskets on their rear legs. The pollen is brilliant orange.. Later, when the pollen is exhausted, they slow and drink the nectar.

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