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Green Hills Preserve: Flowers & pollinators

July 15, 2015

By Daniel Barringer    Photos by Jim Moffett

Green Hills Preserve is proving to be a great place for wildlife viewing; the meadow planting is attracting lots of pollinators. The other day when I was mowing trails at Green Hills I saw Jim Moffett, Force of Nature Volunteer, who was shooting photos. Here Jim shares some of his pictures:

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Above, a banded pennant dragonfly on Canada thistle. Below, sphinx moth and great spangled fritillary on bee balm, Monarda fistulosa, that we hand-seeded into the meadow.

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