More wasps on the rattlesnake master in my garden. So far these flowers have only been visited by wasps while I am watching them, never by bees. Bees are nearby on the monarda, silphium, and coneflower plants. I’ll need to watch some more to find out if this is a pattern or a fluke. Interesting to see how many kinds of hymenoptera are drawn to the native plants

A close-up of a wasp perched on a spiky, spherical flower bud with a blurred green background. Sphex wasp. A small black insect is perched on a spiky, round white flower among green foliage. Cerceris fumipennis, I think.