Monthly Archives: June 2022

Sunday pollinators

Next week is National Pollinators Week, but the entire month of June is National Pollinators Month. We need bees, bats, birds, butterflies and other pollinators for a lot, like any plant-based food we eat or that our livestock eat, controlling erosion, sequestering carbon and so much more. So today, let’s pay homage to the critters who help keep us fed.

What really should be mascot for copy editors, the comma butterfly.
I believe I can fly … I believe I can catch the butterfly … Image found on Bored Panda.
I got a little artsy with this bee and coneflower.
Yes, I DO like to move it, move it … move pollen from one plant to another. Image found on USDA Forest Service.
An American lady on a coneflower at Mount Magazine State Park. Image found on naba.org.
Bats still creep me out, but they’re more useful than you might think. Image found on Houston Museum of Natural Science.
A silver-spotted skipper drinks nectar from a butterfly bush at the Old Mill in North Little Rock.
Ladybugs are one of my favorite insects. Image found on Pinterest.
A bee hangs out on a partridge pea.
There’s enough to share, I think. Image found on Piedmont Environmental Alliance.
I was helping pollinate! Image found on QuotesGram.
I don’t like wasps, but as they’re also pollinators, I’ll give them a pass this time. Image found on University of Maryland.
Aaaaaannnnd … that’s enough of that, folks! GIF found on GifBin.