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Milkweeds (Genus Asclepias)Observer
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Either showy or common milkweed coming up in Butterfly Garden. May have whorled started too.
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)Observer
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First bumble bee seen in the area this year"!!
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Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)Observer
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Not sure on the species.
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Subgenus MelandrenaObserver
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Oahe Downstream Archery Range - some type of mining/miner bee??? Smaller than a bumblebee
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)Observer
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Bad year for bumblebees at the Garden. One lone bee today, late in the evening.
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Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)Observer
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In bloom now, but very few monarchs around.
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Click Beetles (Family Elateridae)Observer
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I'm guessing it's a click beetle. It's on showy milkweed.
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Brown Stink Bugs (Genus Euschistus)Observer
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a stink bug maybe??? It is on butterfly milkweed.
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Common Eastern Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis)Observer
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I didn't realize males had wings. I usually see females.
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American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus)Observer
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On Verbena stricta
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Regal Fritillary (Argynnis idalia)Observer
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On showy milkweed along Oahe Dam Tailrace
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Gossamer-winged Butterflies (Family Lycaenidae)Observer
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Grey Hairstreak on butterfly milkweed
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Transverse-banded Flower Fly (Eristalis transversa)Observer
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A friend called it a syrphid fly - any more ID would be appreciated.
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)Observer
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At a Garden Center
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Aphrodite Fritillary (Argynnis aphrodite)Observer
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On Russian Olive - Farm Island Recreation Area
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)Observer
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On plants at a Garden Center