{"id":13580,"date":"2020-08-23T06:16:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T10:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13580"},"modified":"2020-08-23T06:16:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T10:16:25","slug":"blazing-star-pollinators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13580","title":{"rendered":"Blazing Star pollinators&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psnp.info\\\/p4td_\\\/?p=13580\"}' class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-attachment-id=\"13567\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=13567\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc06823.jpg?fit=1942%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1942,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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class=\"wp-image-13569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc06742.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc06742.jpg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dsc06742.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Blazing Star, Kennebunk Barrons Nature Conservancy, Kennebunk, Maine \u2014 Though the Blazing Star crop this year is not what I expected after a controlled burn, there are clearly enough blossoms to attract a wide variety of pollinators. Many different insects are attracted to this endangered plant, which is good, as it gives the plant its best chance at survival within its highly restricted range. It\u2019s a good deal for the insects as well. \ud83d\ude42 Left to right and down, Cabbage White butterfly, Clouded Sulphur butterfly, Cuckoo Leaf-cutter Bee (sp?), Green Metallic Sweat Bee (sp?), Leonard\u2019s (?) Skipper, and Monarch butterfly. I am sure if I had spent more time there I could have found others as well. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. 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