A dark morph female Eastern tiger swallowtail on wild bergamot. There are several flowers in the picture. The butterfly is on the one in the center, which can barely be seen because of the size of the butterfly. It is facing up. The butterfly is almost all black, except for some beautiful iridescent markings near the bottom of its wings. There are small tails coming off the ends of the wings.

Black morph female Eastern tiger swallowtail. #EasternTigerSwallowtail #PapilioGlaucus #TigerSwallowtail. #Swallowtail #Butterfly #Insect #WildBergamot #MonardaFistulosa #Beebaum #MonardaFistulosa #Wildflower #Flower #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

Beautiful visitors to my native beebalm in July 2024. Snowberry clearwing hummingbird moth #hemarisdiffinis & a fritillary #Argynnis, possibly aphrodite.
#monardafistulosa #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation

The beginning of a native beebalm bloom- 2023
#monardafistulosa #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation

A wee green monarda early in the 2024 season. I love the little dew drops on its leaves.
#monardafistulosa #nativeplants #thebeebs #elsasallnativeyard #mynativeoasis #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation #Michigangardening 🌱

The bumblers have been all over the beebs, culver's root, cupplant, and meadowsweet, creating quite a BUZZ🐝 #bombusbimaculatus #monardafistulosa #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation

🌸Rising beebalm blossoms, rising sun☀️ #monardafistulosa #gaylordmichigan #Michigangardening #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation

A bumblebee, possibly a brown belted bumblebee is foraging on a bee balm bloom.

Same bee as previous image on a different bloom on the same plant.

#Bumblebee on #WildBergamot #MonardaFistulosa
#BeeBalm

A native North American #wildflower in the mint family. A popular pollinator resource with fragrant lavender flowers that bloom in the summer, attracting butterflies, hummingbirds, and #bees, growing up to 4 ft tall.
#BloomScrolling

Wild Bergamot has flowers that are attractive to hummingbirds and hummingbird moths. It is lovely to see growing wild or in landscaping. #wildbergamot #monardafistulosa #wildflowers #nativeplants #westsiderowingclub #buffalony #eriecounty #wny

I love their little dangley legs when flying away. The #monardafistulosa has been covered in bumblers all week!
#bombus #pollinators #nativeplants #bugsky #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark #bloomscrolling

An Eastern Carpenter Bee on Monarda fistulosa (common names include Wild Bergamot or Bee Balm). This bee is the large and often mistaken for bumble bees. It’s shiny abdomen is what sets it apart. The native wildflower is pale pink with an array of narrow pale pink flowers with a dotted pattern interior circle where the bee is perched and feeding. wildbergamot pollinators pollinatorgarden nativeplants bloomscrolling bugsky wildlifegarden invertebrates nativebees

Morning walk in the garden. #monardafistulosa

Hummingbird moth feeding on a bee balm flower 🌱 #organicgardening #pollinators

Flying shrimp and purple flowers

#monardafistulosa
#clearwingmoth
#sphinxmoth
#gardenfeed
#gardening
#nativeplants

snowberry clearwing moth, Hemaris diffinus on beebalm, Monarda fistulosa.

#swamplife #monardafistulosa #beebalm #hummingbirdmoth #snowberryclearwing #Hemarisdiffinis

How many kinds of blooming flowers can you count? I just love this garden🌱 😍
#echinaceapurpurea
#penstemondigitalis
#yarrowmillefolium
#lonicerasempervirens
#verbenahastata
#asclepiassyriaca
#monardadidyma
#monardafistulosa
#bloomscrolling
#nativeplants

What happens when you plop down pots of tomatoes in a pollinator garden?🍅
They make new friends🌸
#monardafistulosa #Argiafumipennis #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bugsky #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark #Michigangardening

Watching beebalm blossoms progress gives me so much childlike joy. It's ridiculous.
🤩Look how cute! They're just my favorites♥️🩷 Another couple days and they'll have full blooms.
#monardadidyma #monardafistulosa #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark 🌱

Bee on a Wild Bergamot flower

Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) is a native #beebalm blooming now. Pollinators, especially bees, love their fountain like blooms. Also makes a great oregano substitute #bloomscrolling #wildbergamot #monardafistulosa #beebalm #nativeplants #nativeplantsofnorthamerica #nativeplantsofmissouri #bees l

Monarda fistulosa 🌱 aka Bee Balm #monardafistulosa #beebalm

You can learn about Wild Bergamot & growing other plants on our site. Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) is a native flower & herb. It is a member of the beebalm group, beloved by you know who. It is emerging now in the stl area #wildbergamot #monardafistulosa
www.claytonia.biz/plant-info/n...

Introducing Bee Balm! Whether at Nose Hill Park or a MAGNA Stormpark™, this wild Bergamot will be attracting all the bees and butterflies—it's just that cute 😉 Let us know if you see one by sharing it with us using #MatchWithMAGNA!

#BeeBalm #MonardaFistulosa #MAGNAPlantOfTheWeek #MAGNAEngineering

Hummingbird moth approaching a beebalm flower

Bumbler on a beebalm blossom

Fritillary butterfly on beebalm

Bumblebee on beebalm

Bloomscrolling is SO MUCH better than doomscrolling!!
The Beebs is one of my favorites in the garden, although I think I say that about a lot of plants!🌱
#monardafistulosa, native beebalm, in the mint family always looks like it is glowing! You should definitely plant some!
#nativeplants #bugsky