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Bee on ButterflyBlue Pincushion Flower

plant (Knautia arvensis)

Photo by HeatherMiller
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Description:

This bee was going to the Butterfly Blue Pincushion flowers. I'm trying to ID the bee.

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Knautia arvensis

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Comments (5)
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
sad to say that people do not know the plants and they simply destroy everything in their gardens, which isn´t grass...
HeatherMiller
Isn't that interesting. Weed in Austria, $5.00 perennial in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Wildflower in Utah, USA.
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
it is after blooming ... and your spotting is a Knautia arvensis you plant them? in austria this is weed, becoming more rare sighting every year
HeatherMiller
Here in Atlanta, GA - I plant them as perennials.

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