Wildlife in the Garden

Beautiful insect visitors to the garden

Barry Severn , who lives in the Toronto domain ( Zone 5 ) , shared these portraiture of small wildlife visitors in the garden . No matter how lowly your garden is or where it is located , you could make it a great habitat for insects like these .

An refined smutty wasp , maybe a wanderer huntsman , on what looks to be the flowers of favourable alexander ( Ziziaaurea , Zones 3–8 ) .

A bumblebee on a zinnia ( Zinniaelegans , annual ) .

A reddened admiral butterfly stroke on abuttonbush(Cephalanthusoccidentalis , Zones 5–9 ) .

Many humblebee on showy goldenrod ( Solidagospeciosa , Zones 3–8 ) . Goldenrod has a risky name because it blooms during hay febrility time of year , but ragweed is the culprit behind all the sneezing . The speciesSolidagocanadensisis quite weedy , but metal money such as showy and stiff goldenrods are well - behaved . And as you may see from this double , bees love them .

A red admiral on a purple coneflower ( Echinaceapurpurea , Zones 3–9 ) .

A morning coat butterfly nectaring on apurple coneflower .

Monarch butterflies provender on a crepuscle - blooming aster . Later - blooming plants are important food sources for monarchs as they migrate in the south to winter in Mexico .

A tiny hover fly sheet . These little fly are harmless and great pollinators , but their black - and - chicken color makes them look like a stinging white Anglo-Saxon Protestant to daunt off potential predators . The enormous eye are one giveaway that it is a fly , not a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant or bee .

A white Anglo-Saxon Protestant resting on a corn foliage .

A fleece carder bee on a late - flowering lowsedum .

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