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Bees
- Bumblebee (Bombus sp.)
- Squash bee (Peponapis sp.)
- Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Hummingbird
- Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Beetles
- Checkered beetles (Cleridae): (top to bottom) Trichodes nutalli, Trichodes ornatus, Pelonides humeralis (right one on the frame)
- Flower beetles (Malachiinae): Anthocomus rufus (the left one on the lower frame).
Flies
- Flower fly (Syrphidae): (next to the cartoon) Helophilus fasciatus (or something similar)
--the ones on the winterberry are generic calyptrates (houseflies, tachinids, bottleflies, etc.).
Butterflies
- Monarch Danaus plexippus
- Fiery skipper Hylephila phyleus
- Red-spotted purple (White Admiral) Limenitis arthemis
- Clouded sulphur Colias philodice
- Karner blue Lycaeides Melissa
Moth
- White-lined sphinx Hyles lineate
Plants
- Penstemon barbatus (for hummingbirds)
- Sweetbay magnolia Magnolia virginiana (for beetles)
- Winterberry Ilex verticillata (for flies)
- New England Aster Aster novae-angliae (for the Monarch)
- Blue mistflower Eupatorium coelestinum (the other butterflies)
- Evening primrose Oenothera speciosa (for the hawkmoth)
- Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxim)
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