Pollinator Havens in the WDC Area

1. Part II. Some Pollinator Places in the WDC Area (public and private)

2. Some Pollinator Havens National Arboretum WDC

3. Some Pollinator Havens National Arboretum (June 2004)

4. Some Pollinator Havens Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower), National Arboretum (August 2001)

5. Some Pollinator Havens Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, MD >

6. Some Pollinator Havens A busy Large Carpenter Bee and a pollination biologist, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Maryland (June 2001)

7. Some Pollinator Havens Brookside Gardens, MD

8. Some Pollinator Havens Brookside Gardens, Maryland (May 2003)

9. Some Pollinator Havens Discovery Creek Children’s Museum, Maryland

10. Some Pollinator Havens Discovery Creek Children’s Museum, Maryland Special Exhibit: “Power Pollinators” fall 2004 and winter 2004

11. Some Pollinator Havens Campsis radicans (Trumpet Creeper)(Maryland, September 2004)

12. Some Pollinator Havens Archilochus colubris(Ruby-throated Hummingbird) by John James Audubon. 1840–1844. Birds of America. Volume IV.

13. Hummingbirds Some hummingbird flowers (right, native plants only) (Maryland, September 2004)

14. Some Pollinator Havens Rock Creek Park WDC

15. Some Pollinator Havens Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. (June 2003)

16. Some Pollinator Havens Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. (June 2003)

17. Some Pollinator Havens River Farm, VA

18. Some Pollinator Havens River Farm, Virginia (August 2004)

19. Some Pollinator Havens Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve VA

20. Some Pollinator Havens GU Students Cathy and Christi searching for pollinators and other arthropods at Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Virginia(August 2004)

21. Local Animal Pollinators Bombus affinus (Affable Bumble Bee, Apidae) on Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Porcelainberry) (Virginia, September 2003)

22. Local Animal Pollinators Lasioglossum sp.(sweat bee, Halictidae) on Verbesina alternifolia (Wingstem) (Virginia, September 2003)

23. Local Animal Pollinators Danaus plexippus (Monarch, Nymphalidae) on Verbesina alternifolia (Wingstem) (Virginia, September 2003)

24. Some Pollinator Havens Huntley Meadows Park,VA

25. Some Pollinator Havens Huntley Meadows Park, Virginia (April 2002)

26. Some Pollinator Havens Georgetown U.

27. Some Pollinator Havens Georgetown University, Washington, DC Heyden Memorial Garden (April 2002)

28. Some Pollinator Havens Georgetown University, Washington, DC Heyden Memorial Garden (June 2002)

29. Anthidium maculifrons (Spotted-face Carder Bee, male, Megachilidae) on Perovskia atriplicifolia(Russian Sage) (Washington, D.C. August 2004)

30. Butterflies: larval food plants Battus philenor (Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly) larvae feed on Aristolochia durior (Dutchman’s Pipe). (Washington, D.C., July 2004, photos by GU student Megan Brooks)

31. Butterflies: larval food plants Battus philenor (Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly) larvae feed on Aristolochia durior (Dutchman’s Pipe). (Maryland, August 2002)

32. Battus philenor (Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly) (West Virginia, September 2002; Maryland, April 2003)

33. Some Pollinator Havens A Pollinator Haven Flowers during most of the year, nesting sites, etc. (Maryland, August 2003 and 2004)

34. Some bee and fly flowers (Maryland, September 2004)

35. Some butterfly and moth flowers (Maryland, September 2004)

36. Papilio troilus (Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly) larvae feed on Sassafras albidum (Sassafras) (Maryland, July 2004).

37. Danaus plexippus (Monarch) larvae feed on Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) (Maryland, July 2004).

38. Nest entrance of a yellow-faced bee in a blackberry cane and a yellow-faced bee (Maryland, August 2004)

39. Mary G’s Pollinator Haven Flowers during most of the year, etc. (Maryland, August 2004)

40. Mary N’s Pollinator Haven Flowers during most of the year, etc. (Maryland, August 2003)

41. Lois’ Pollinator Haven Many spring wildflowers Nesting sites No pesticides (Maryland, September 2004)

42. Lois’ Pollinator Haven Nest entrances of and an Agapostemon virescens (Maryland, May 2004)

43. Bob’s Pollinator Haven Many spring wildflowers Nesting sites of Colletes thoracicus No pesticides (Maryland, September 2004)

44. Pete’s Pollinator Pits Few flowers, mostly alien plants Heavy mulch and “chemical lawn” etc. (Maryland, April 2001)

45. south east west north A bee-nesting haven at a public school (1000s of nests: Andrena spp., Colletes thoracicus) (Maryland, May 2001)

46. A bee-nesting haven (1000s of nests: Andrena spp., Colletes thoracicus) at a public school(Maryland, May 2001)

47. “Development” “ate” much of the bee-nesting haven. (Maryland, September 2004)

48. A bee-nesting area Colletes thoracicus (Polyester Bee) at the same public school (Maryland, May 2001)

49. Conclusions • I. There are about 660 species of actual and possible pollinators in the WDC Area. • II. A comprehensive online database on these animals would be a valuable resource. • The WDC Area has pollinator havens, • but there are many urban sprawl areas • that could be more pollinator friendly.

50. Many pollinator species are included in Databases from Georgetown University. Arthropods of the Washington, D.C., Area: A Searchable Online Database (AWDCAD) http://data.georgetown.edu/departments/biology/nps/ Biodiversity Database of the Washington, D.C., Area (BDWA) http://biodiversity.georgetown.edu Arthropods of Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Virginia: A Searchable Online Database (ADMWPD)http://data.georgetown.edu/departments/biology/nps/dmwp.cfm