Pollinators

Milton Pope students volunteered their time planting pollinator seed, pulling up rocks, spreading mulch and helping with other tasks on May 23, 2025 at Illini State Park in Marseilles.

Sharing the story of Poly Pupa, who had a helping human hand, prompted a second mystery for a curious naturalist.

You’ve probably seen the mature form of a rat-tailed maggot without even realizing it. You likely mistook the hover fly, a prolific pollinator, for a bee.

Find some time soon to celebrate the ground-nesting peaceable pollinators.

Little bits of nature were flying through the air, and I was bound by the Nature Nerd’s creed to investigate.

Many types of butterflies are out and about right now, visiting a wide variety of flowers that at this time of year includes thistles, asters and goldenrods.