Celebrate our Pollinators! In conjunction with National Pollinator Week, Michigan recently adopted their own resolution! Adopted by Senate, March 16, 2011 Senate Resolution No. 25. A resolution proclaiming June 20-26, 2011, as Michigan Pollinator Week. Celebrate Michigan Pollinator Week & help sustain our beneficial native pollinators by planting native flowers (75% of all flowering plant
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Don’t Swat That Fly! Common Green Bottle Fly (Lucilia sericata) on Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ Flies are often thought of as pests, living in garbage & decay, but in fact flies are among the most common anthophilous insects. Although flies are not as hairy as bees, making them less effective at carrying pollen, research indicates that
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Don’t squash this bug! Leschenaultia sp. Tachinid flies are amongst the largest families of true flies with approximately 8,000 species world wide. They are generally solitary and are about the size of a housefly, but can be quite diverse in appearance. Although the more noticeable tachnids with their big bristly abdomens look as though they
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Don’t squash this bug Beetles were among one of the first order of insects to pollinate flowers and still play an important role in pollination today. Adult Red-necked False Blister Beetles -Asclera ruficollis are commonly found in woodland areas from March – May. They feed on pollen of spring wildflowers. Please refrain from using insecticides
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