Mikania scandens
Climbing Hempweed
Images Copyright 2001, David L. Green    Hemingway, South Carolina

Obviously this weedy vine is feeding many different pollinator species.

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Leaf shape

Male Bombus fraternus   September 4, 2001
Asleep at dawn

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Bombus fraternus     September 3, 2001

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Halictid bee    September 3, 2001

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Great Purple Hairstreak  9-7-01
Another photo: Great Purple Hairstreak

Unidentified fly  9-7-01

Honeybee, Apis Mellifera

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Syrphid Fly, resting on leaf of another species after visiting this plant  September 3, 2001

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Polistes Wasp   9-7-01

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Tentative ID:  Eastern Tiger Swallowtail  Papilio glaucus   September 3, 2001

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Unidentified bee

Unidentified bee, different view

 

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Unidentified green-eyed bee

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Unidentified wasp    9-7-01

Painted Lady  Vanessa cardui   9-7-01

Family: Asteraceae
Native - a weedy vine at field margins and roadsides. Can completely obsure bushes and small trees.
Also seen:  Silver spotted skipper, two species of tachinid flies
Honeybees are hardly seen during the main daylight hours, showing up in great numbers in the evening.

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