As autumn makes it’s fast progress, it is the final chance for our pollinators to make the best of the last flowers. Some are battered and bruised from their long season; others (like the new queens bees) are building up their resources to get them through the winter, hidden away in quiet and neglected corners of your garden.
Red tailed bumble
White tailed bumble (queen)
Hoverfly – Artophila superbiens
Hoverfly – Artophila superbiens
Red tailed bumble
Hoverfly – Rhingia campestris
White tailed bumble – faded colours
Common carder
White tailed bumble (queen)
Peacock
Common carder
Green veined white
Peacock
Murtagh's Meadow 
Absolutely delightful!
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Thank you:)
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I love those peacock butterflies – they ae stunning. And the carder bee is so cute…I wonder if Beatrix Potter ever made a character out of one? They seem like a perfect candidate for characterization. 🙂
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I know – all furry and gold.Wonderful creatures and one of the few bees still around in any numbers here.
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Hadn’t realised that there might be more than one type of hoverfly nor that bees can become so faded – how stoic to keep going. Fantastic picture of the green veined white – the detail is immaculate. Thank you indeed.
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Here in Ireland we have over 180 species of hoverflies – some very small and obscure, some bee mimics like this one, lots and lots of variety.
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Staggered at such a number (& my lack of knowledge) How wonderful.
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We have four or five Small Tortoiseshells on the dandelions most of the day… at least that suggests we’ll have a spring brood! Let’s hope! 😉
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Another poor year for the poor butterflies I think!
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Reblogged this on Wild Pollinator Gardens.
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I love seeing the Echinacea flowers in your posts. I planted three Echinacea plants in my garden recently. I hope they attract bees and butterflies. There was one butterfly in my garden this year. It was the first one I have seen in years.
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That’s a good start – Echinacea are definitely popular with both bees and butterflies. Hope they are a success.
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How tall are your Echinacea plants? The ones I saw in Chicago had a height of about four feet.
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That sounds about right for mine too:)
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Lovely to see your echinacea so attracting so many. Some of mine survived the heat. Is it a kind of knapweed you have in the photos too. All looks lively but I guess now it’s cooled down. Here it has changed from heat to what I would call a pleasant UK summer with lots of sun!
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Yes, it’s knapweed. It has cooled down, but still unseasonably warm for Ireland in September. One or two bees still about, but very few now.
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Beautiful shots
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Thank you – I will miss the wild bumblebees now till spring is back!
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