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Jenifer 🌻 plants wildflowers for fun and profit @jtidwell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A common Eastern bumblebee clinging to heartleaf blue aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium). What amazes me about this closeup - and what I can't see in person - is how beautiful the disk flowers are. Lookit those little yellow tulip-shaped flowers!

An extremely fuzzy bumblebee hangs upside-down from a spray of 10 or so aster flowers. The ray petals are very lightly lavender-colored, but the disk flowers are as described. (Some of those have gone by, and are now dark red-purple instead.)

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 04/10/2026

Every time I think I’ve hit the bottom of my outrage, they find a new pocket…

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Scott Harris 好辣斯科特 @scohar70.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I did this last year, by which I mean, I did nothing. No raking. No mowing. And guess what? My lawn was fine! And we had lightning bugs and butterflies galore this summer! I am very happy to give up this one tedious chore and never do it again.

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Join us to learn the many ways we can support the amazing invertebrates within homeowners association communities, with tips, tricks, and new resources for creating and maintaining habitat that is “HOA-ready.” 🏘️🦋 🗓️ Oct 6 at 12am PT / 2pm ET 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“Allies in Conservation: Making Your HOA a Haven for Pollinators. October 6” A house on a suburban street, with native plants along the front lawn and sidewalk.

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Bumblebee Landscape and Garden Design @bumblebeelandscape.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I sometimes have to DEET up to avoid becoming a mosquito all you can eat buffet, but happily today I didn't! Not only did my queen friend take advantage of my warmth, a little green caterpillar hung out on my shoulder for a bit (not to mention the non-biting flies that like to lick salt from skin)

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Bumblebee Landscape and Garden Design @bumblebeelandscape.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I forgot to take pictures of the job I finished today, but I did get this confusing photo of a bumble bee queen taking flight after warming herself on my arm.

Photo of a bumble bee hovering just above a slender white arm. It appears one of her wings detached upon takeoff, but she flew fast and straight and competently.

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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Even if climate change is a hoax, the worst that could happen is that we work to create a better planet for future generations. As citizens of our only planet, we have been charged with the responsibility of being good stewards of our lands. #VoteBlue2026! We must do this because #ThereisNoPlanetB!

Cartoon of a Climate Summit meeting in a large auditorium with a man standing behind a lectern pointing to the screen behind him that says, "Energy independence, peserve rainforests, sustainability, green jobs, livable cities, renewables, clean water & air, healthy children, etc. etc."
A frowning man wearing glasses is standing up in the audience & saying, "What if it's a hoax and we create a better world for nothing?"

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Erin 🍂 fall is fall 🐦‍⬛ @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

flower hat 🌱🐝 #nativeplants

A bumblebee visiting a spotted bee balm flower. Its top portal fits oddly snugly against the top of the bee's head and upper thorax.

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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG @thebradblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Trump Rolls Back U.S. Fuel Efficiency Standards Amid His Global Oil Crisis: Today's #BradCast Guest: Dan Becker of the @biologicaldiversity.org's @safe-climate.bsky.social; Also: Massive hack at FBI; Election infrastructure vulnerable as midterms begin... FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=19395

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Trump Rolls Back U.S. Fuel Efficiency Standards in the Middle of His Global Oil Crisis

Guest: Dan Becker of the Center for BioDiversity; Also: Massive hack at FBI; Election cyber infrastructure vulnerable as midterm voting begins...

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026

BREAKING: DHS just confirmed they have lifted their "pause" on construction in #BigBend National Park.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Joshua trees are uncommon, with a limited range, and threatened by climate change. Read what scientists are doing to stabilize the species.

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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 27/09/2026

Scouting Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park for an MLB ballpark tests the core mission of protected federal lands. As the NPS reviews three sites for Major League Baseball amid a Yosemite road swap, the National Park Service risks setting a precedent that trades conservation for commercial use.

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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park

Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.

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Bumblebee Landscape and Garden Design @bumblebeelandscape.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And not a fungus! You can find these guys east of the Mississippi in wooded areas (like, say, Great Falls on the Potomac)

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Erin 🍂 fall is fall 🐦‍⬛ @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Also, there are so many stink bugs on the Senna.

Two stink bugs on opposite sides of a Senna seed pod. The more visible one is colorful - tan, deep brown, pale green with bright orange shoulders. The one opposite is dull gray.

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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Let's kill an old gardeners' tale. It was shown 100 years ago gravel does NOT improve drainage, but even today, so-called gardening experts continue to pass this myth on as if it were fact. Linda Chalker-Scott’s “The Myth of Drainage Material in Container Plantings” s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/site...

Drawing of a cross-section of 2 flower pots each with one plant with roots in the soil. On the left, the soil in the pot is light brown at the top and dark brown at the bottom & the root do not touch the dark brown soil. On the right, there is a thick layer of white gravel in the bottom of the pot, so the roots of this plant are in the midst of the dark brown soil.
Text on the left says, "The wettest soil is at the bottom."
Text on the right says, "Gravel moves the wettest soil up in the pot closer to the roots, which can lead to rot."

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Abbie James @abbiewjames.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

offering wonder the question mark butterfly asked nothing of me #ColorADay #OrangeSun 🧡💚 #nativeplants #haiku first Polygonia interrogationis sighting in my garden!

photo taken looking up at question mark butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis) on purple New England asters; butterfly is dark orange with black spots and silver-blue on wing edges; blurry trees and blue sky above

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Honey Girl Grows @honeygirlgrows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The other day a Garden Designer told me they made a sketch for a client and without asking, the client put it into ChatGPT. 🌱 Don’t feed the AI machine. When you do, you steal jobs for more than artists.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We're almost out of tickets for this show, so if you wanna go, you better get tickets ASAP (and you should wanna go, it's gonna be a hoot). biodiversitease.eventbrite.com

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Bumblebee Landscape and Garden Design @bumblebeelandscape.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sarah is a great Philly-area proponent for planting native, and Squid Facts is a great organization to support. I get my nephews the advent callendar yearly, and last year got the valentines. They're quality! There are t-shirts, too!

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La @laurenkrueger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Action now is less expensive than action later.

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Bumblebee Landscape and Garden Design @bumblebeelandscape.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This plant is the host to Maryland's state butterfly, the endangered Baltimore Checkerspot. They mostly live in the lower elevations of the MD panhandle these days, but the more people plant Chelone (and stop using pesticides), the more likely they are to spread!

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Bumblebee Landscape and Garden Design @bumblebeelandscape.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyone who tells you that you have too many plants is someone you don't need around. You don't want that kind of negativity in your life!

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Honey Girl Grows @honeygirlgrows.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today I took home cuttings of rue and accidentally, an assassin bug in my cooler. Excellent S. Cal “Winter” early Spring insect to eat EVERY aphid, before it’s warm enough for green lacewings/hover flies… 🌱 but they DO bite. And painfully. Never been bitten, but good to kniw how to ID 👀

A white scaniosa flower with pollen sprays and an assassin bug in copper-reddish atop. Elongated body, six legs

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Erin 🍂 fall is fall 🐦‍⬛ @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you have a big enough bumblebee population you will eventually see European hornets hunting them 😢 🌿🐝 #bugsky #invertebrates

A patch of spotted bee balm. Hanging off the bracts of one plant, in shadow, is a large hornet curled around a bumblebee, dismantling its body.

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Bumblebee Landscape and Garden Design @bumblebeelandscape.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There's a cove on the Magothy that is extremely rich in menhaden, osprey, and a bald eagle couple, which is great! But sadly not the norm.

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Climate Disconnect @climate-disconnect.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I did a brief thread on living with wasps last week, with a photo of this nest that's been on our barn all summer. The wasps learned not to adhere the nest to the garage door, since we open it daily. This clip shows how they engineered the nest to avoid any problems. bsky.app/profile/clim...

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Every year we make the case for keeping leaves, branches, & plant stems in your yard. Bugs need them for shelter! That’s not to say you can’t tidy up: rake leaves into garden beds, around trees, or just in a pile out of the way. All we ask is that you #LeaveTheLeaves! 🍂🐝 xerces.org/blog/leave-t...

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Leave the Leaves!

One of the most valuable ways to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter. Thankfully, all you need to do is do less yard work.

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebayfdn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Interested in learning more about Executive Order 13508 and why it’s being repealed? Read The Baltimore Banner’s article below to learn more about the 2009 order, its role in Chesapeake Bay restoration, and what its repeal could mean for the Bay.

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Trump rescinds Obama-era order that overhauled Chesapeake Bay cleanup

President Donald Trump rescinded an Obama-era executive order Wednesday that had organized the federal response to the Chesapeake Bay cleanup for nearly two decades.

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Richmond Times-Dispatch @richmond.com · 17/09/2026

President Donald Trump has revoked a 17-year-old federal order requiring federal, state and local governments work together to clean up Chesapeake Bay.

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Trump revokes Bay cleanup order

President Donald Trump has revoked a 17-year-old federal order requiring federal, state and local governments work together to clean up Chesapeake Bay.

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Sam @sjberger.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This guy found the good stuff! Halictus sp (ligatus?), per iNat Plant native plants, feed native bees. #bees #inverts #NativePlants 🌱

A small bee hovers near a yellow flower. The bee is covered with yellow pollen

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Scott 𐚁 🦇 Cave 🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

saw some flowers today, which makes it better than the last few days. Here are Liatris pilosa and Lobelia puberula

a purple flower with three lower petals and two wing-like upper petals

small heads of pink-purple aster flowers going off like a chain of fireworks

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Erin 🍂 fall is fall 🐦‍⬛ @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You're saying you want me to take this sweet sleepy scoliid wasp's bed away??

A sleepy scoliid wasp on some late boneset.

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abi @lumperslump.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Noooo! Let it wake up with its head in its cereal bowl haha

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Charm City Slicker @sprawlhater.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Baltimore, one of our great civic orgs needs us. Asylee Women Enterprise, which helps asylum seekers, torture + trafficking survivors, and other forced migrants, rebuild their lives here, must rapidly leave their space of 10+ years. Please give to help them move to their own forever home in Hampden!

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A Forever Home for Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE)

We’re asking people who believe in our mission to help us reach our goal and build a permanent home for AWE and the communities we serve.

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Bumblebee Landscape and Garden Design @bumblebeelandscape.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Most important thing is, after install, you gotta do maintenance! The first few years are when the invasive are most likely to shove their way in, but they never totally stop trying

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Ocean Conservancy @oceanconservancy.org · 03/09/2026

An alarming new report released by the United Nations this week revealed that the global temperature rise will exceed 1.5°C, likely within the next few years. But every 10th of a degree of warming we can prevent through immediate action makes a difference for our health, ocean and planet.

Graphic with quote "A future full of fish to catch, clean air to breathe and thriving coastal communities is still possible for our children, but we must make real investments now. Our ocean is a major part of the solution. Investing in clean energy, such as offshore wind, reducing emissions from shipping, and exploring carbon removal are critical to making that vision a reality.”

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Texas Jainsaw Massacre @jaina.wirefault.com · 03/09/2026

I like to think about the ozone hole and acid rain situation in the 80s and how we don’t worry about those so much anymore because a lot of people worked really hard to fix them (as best they could)

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Let wetlands be wet again

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Billy Penn at WHYY @billy-penn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is a good opportunity to remind people about the power of native plants and a recent effort to "seed bomb" Philly! billypenn.com/2026/03/11/p...

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Cyclists scatter ‘seed bombs’ around North Philly

Billy Penn joined Wednesday Night Rides and Skype a Scientist to help boost biodiversity in Philadelphia.

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abi @lumperslump.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thank you Xerces for this excellent primer. I personally am hooting and hollering at this part

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Does the bee have a pollen basket?
Just like workers, queens have a smooth, shiny corbicula on each hind leg. In early spring, you may see queens carrying large loads of pollen back to their newly established nests to feed their very first batch of worker bees.
In late summer, keep an eye out for mating pairs!
Because queens are larger than males, you might see a massive queen attached to a distinctly smaller, shaggier male.
For this mating pair of golden northern bumblebees (Bombus fervidus), it's clear that the queen is much larger and the male is shaggier. (Photo: Molly Martin, Xerces Society.)

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebayfdn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Big news for the Bay! 🌱 New Maryland program prioritizes regenerative farming on state land, helping support healthier farms, cleaner water, and a healthier Chesapeake Bay. Read more at www.cbf.org/news/new-maryland-progr….

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GardenWild Guy @gardenwild.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is so incredibly frustrating.. I know my neighbors all see me as the "crazy man" because I really do throw a hissy fit every single time. IT DOESNT EVEN WORK! Theyre just wasting their money, and killing everything non-discriminatley in the process. The drift % is literally ridiculous...

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Georgia Native Plant Society @ganativeplants.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If you were going to have a children’s garden, be sure to include this one as surely kids would get a giggle to have a plant called elephant’s foot (Elephantopus tomentosus). Broad, flat leaves on the ground is what gave rise to this name, no doubt. (1/2)

Close-up of small lilac wildflowers with green leaves in the background.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 04/09/2026

It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.⁠ ⁠ Learn more on #NationalWildlifeDay: scim.ag/4riUU1G

This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science. Nectar-loving tree frog likely moves pollen from flower to flower

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 04/09/2026

Migration is one of nature’s most extraordinary events — and it’s happening above us right now. Small changes we make can help millions of birds reach their destinations safely. Learn more about simple ways you can help birds and other wildlife at ⬇️

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Ways to Help Wildlife

Many common human practices are detrimental to wildlife and plants, especially sensitive species. Here are just a few of our favorite tips for easing the pain of human impacts on wildlife, plants, and...

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