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Close up photograph of a Milkweed (Asclepias sp.) pollinarium courtesy of PennState Biology Dept.
These unique pollen structures are present in both the Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed) and the Apocynaceae (Dogbane)
Soldier Beetles - family Cantharidae
Margined Leatherwing (Chauliognathus
marginatus)
Petersburg National Battlefield Park
Petersburg, Virginia
June 18, 2005 - Nevia Cashwell
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Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)
Sarett Nature Center,
Berrien County, Michigan
4 February, 2006 - Nate and Erin Fuller
Horse Flies - family Tabanidae
Hybomitra hinei
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
July 7, 2006 - Tom Murray
Monarchs - subfamily Danainae
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Huntsville Botanical Gardens in Huntsville, AL
June 6, 2004 - Blair Scott
(When enlarged, there appears to be a pollinarium on the left meso-tarsus)
True Wasps - family Vespidae
Pseudomasaris coquilletti
Lockwood Valley Road near Wagonroad Canyon,
Ventura County, California
May 19, 2006 - Hartmut Wisch
Feeding on Asclepias vestita.
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True Wasps - family Vespidae
Pterocheilus sp.
Lockwood Valley Road near Wagonroad Canyon,
Ventura County, California
May 19, 2006 - Hartmut Wisch
Feeding in Asclepias vestita
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True Wasps - family Vespidae
Paper Wasp - Polistes aurifer
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens,
Claremont, Los Angeles County, California
July 14, 2005 - Hartmut Wisch
feeding on Asclepias fascicularis
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Thread-waisted Wasps - family Sphecidae
Great Black Wasp (Sphex
pensylvanica)
Essex, Ontario, Canada
July 24, 2004 - Jackie
on Swamp Milkweed
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Scoliid Wasps - family Scoliidae
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina
June 16, 2005 - Lynette Schimming
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Scoliid Wasps - family Scoliidae
Ashtabula County, Ohio
June 25, 2004 - Jay Cossey
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Tiphiid Wasps - family Tiphiidae
Myzinum sp.
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois
July 12, 2006 - Steve Scott
Nectaring on Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)
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Carpenter Bees - subfamily Xylocopinae
Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa
virginica)
Peace Valley Nature Center,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
August 6, 2004 - Beatriz Moisset
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Carpenter Bees - subfamily Xylocopinae
Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa
virginica)
Cumberland County, North Carolina
July 11, 2004 - Lynette Schimming
28 Jun 2007 © Mike Quinn mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology
