Part II.

Some Pollinator Places in the WDC Area

(public and private)

Some Pollinator Havens

National ArboretumNational ArboretumWDCWDC

National Arboretum (June 2004)

Some Pollinator Havens

Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower), National Arboretum (August 2001)

Some Pollinator Havens

Some Pollinator Havens

Patuxent WildlifePatuxent WildlifeResearch Center,Research Center, MD >MD >

A busy Large Carpenter Bee and a pollination biologist, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Maryland

(June 2001)

Some Pollinator Havens

Some Pollinator Havens

Brookside Gardens, Brookside Gardens, MDMD

Brookside Gardens, Maryland (May 2003)

Some Pollinator Havens

Some Pollinator Havens

Discovery Creek Discovery Creek Children’s Museum, Children’s Museum,

MarylandMaryland

Discovery Creek Children’s Museum, MarylandSpecial Exhibit: “Power Pollinators”

fall 2004 and winter 2004

Some Pollinator Havens

Campsis radicans (Trumpet Creeper) (Maryland, September 2004)

Some Pollinator Havens

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

Some Pollinator Havens

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

Hummingbirds

Some Pollinator Havens

Rock Creek ParkRock Creek ParkWDCWDC

Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. (June 2003)

Some Pollinator Havens

Some Pollinator Havens

Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. (June 2003)

Some Pollinator Havens

River Farm, VARiver Farm, VA

River Farm, Virginia (August 2004)

Some Pollinator Havens

Some Pollinator Havens

Dyke Marsh Wildlife PreserveDyke Marsh Wildlife PreserveVAVA

GU Students Cathy and Christi searching for pollinators and other arthropods at Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve,

Virginia (August 2004)

Some Pollinator Havens

Local Animal Pollinators

Bombus affinus (Affable Bumble Bee, Apidae) on Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Porcelainberry) (Virginia, September 2003)

Local Animal Pollinators

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

Local Animal Pollinators

Danaus plexippus (Monarch, Nymphalidae) on Verbesina alternifolia (Wingstem) (Virginia, September 2003)

Some Pollinator Havens

Huntley Meadows Park,VAHuntley Meadows Park,VA

Huntley Meadows Park, Virginia(April 2002)

Some Pollinator Havens

Some Pollinator Havens

Georgetown U.Georgetown U.

Georgetown University, Washington, DCHeyden Memorial Garden

(April 2002)

Some Pollinator Havens

Georgetown University, Washington, DCHeyden Memorial Garden

(June 2002)

Some Pollinator Havens

Anthidium maculifrons (Spotted-face Carder Bee, male, Megachilidae) on Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)

(Washington, D.C. August 2004)

Battus philenor (Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly) larvae feed on Aristolochia durior (Dutchman’s Pipe).

(Washington, D.C., July 2004, photos by GU student Megan Brooks)

Butterflies: larval food plants

Battus philenor (Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly) larvae feed on Aristolochia durior (Dutchman’s Pipe).

(Maryland, August 2002)

Butterflies: larval food plants

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

A Pollinator HavenFlowers during most of the year, nesting sites, etc.

(Maryland, August 2003 and 2004)

Some Pollinator Havens

Some bee and fly flowers (Maryland, September 2004)

Some butterfly and moth flowers (Maryland, September 2004)

Papilio troilus (Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly) larvae feed on Sassafras albidum (Sassafras)

(Maryland, July 2004).

Danaus plexippus (Monarch) larvae feed on Asclepias syriaca

(Common Milkweed) (Maryland, July 2004).

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

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

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

Lois’ Pollinator HavenMany spring wildflowers

Nesting sitesNo pesticides

(Maryland, September 2004)

Lois’ Pollinator HavenNest entrances of and an Agapostemon virescens

(Maryland, May 2004)

Bob’s Pollinator HavenMany spring wildflowers

Nesting sites of Colletes thoracicusNo pesticides

(Maryland, September 2004)

Pete’s Pollinator PitsFew flowers, mostly alien plants

Heavy mulch and “chemical lawn” etc.(Maryland, April 2001)

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

(Maryland, May 2001)

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A bee-nesting haven (1000s of nests: Andrena spp., Colletes thoracicus)

at a public school (Maryland, May 2001)

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

A bee-nesting area Colletes thoracicus (Polyester Bee) at the same public school

(Maryland, May 2001)

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.

III. The WDC Area has pollinator havens,but there are many urban sprawl areas that could be more pollinator friendly.

Many pollinator species are included inDatabases 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

This PowerPoint is on the following Website as a PowerPoint presentation under

“General Information:Laboratory Presentations:”

Biodiversity Database of the Washington, D.C., Area (BDWA)

http://biodiversity.georgetown.edu

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