Jennings Environmental Center

Ironweed with bee visitor.
We returned to the Jennings Environmental Education Center to walk the prairie loop in late summer. It was a riot of bloom, and everywhere pollinators of many kinds were going bananas. The prairie proves that spring isn't the only peak time for wildflowers, if you know where to look!

On the prairie loop trail.
Swamp thistle.
Goldenrod.
Tall coreopsis.
Agrimony.
Tall coreopsis.
Groundnut.
Wild sweet William.
Blazing star and goldenrod.
Tall coreopsis.
Swamp thistle.
Panicled Tick-trefoil with Japanese beetle.
Tall sunflower.
Goldenrod.
Multicolored Asian lady beetle.
Lady's thumb.
Zabulon skipper.
Groundnut.
Zabulon skipper and swamp thistle.
Goldenrod.
Agrimony.
Black swallowtail.
Sweet Joe-pye weed.

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