Scrophularia Marilandica

Almost any locally native plant you grow will support local insects. This one, aside from being a #beemagnet is #hostplant to the chalcedony midget 🦋

Weedy as anything #midwesternnative #beemagnet #brown

#exoskeletal #wildlifewednesday. Here's a guide to keystone plant species beneficial to your area based on your N. American ecoregion: https://www.nwf.org/Garden-for-Wildlife/About/Native-Plants/keystone-plants-by-ecoregion #gtlibrary

The hornets are working busily on their favorite #brown flowers #midwesternnative

Two of the very first funny #brown blooms on this #beemagnet #midwesternnative

#exoskeletal

Great photo 🐝

The tiny #brown flowers are opening and the pollinators are on the job #wildlifewednesday #exoskeletal

Seed shaker from this plant -- on a dry day the little teardrops will open and I can shake the seeds out #midwesternnative

Another action shot of the black-and-white pollinator bee? wasp? so focused on the Carpenter's Square plants this year. They move really fast and rarely hold still long enough to let you get a photo. #exoskeletal #wildlifewednesday #midwesternnative

Someone at Reddit informs me this is a Bald-Faced Hornet, who lives mostly on flies but who is sometimes a flower diner as well.

Now in full bloom and attracting every imaginable insect, pollinators and others #midwesternnative #brown

Interesting. Never heard of this one 🌞

It just appeared in my yard a couple years ago, @sunlovin

Daunting phalanx of desirable #midwesternnative plants. All the shaking and quaking I did with the ripe seed heads last fall certainly seems to have done the trick.