Monarch caterpillars feed on common milkweed leaves in Anne Arundel County, Md., on Aug. 10, 2022. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
The spring beauty bee visits spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) flowers in bloom at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary in Lothian, Md., on April 9, 2019. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Rose mallow flowers bloom from mid-summer through early autumn. Above, rose mallow blooms in the freshwater wetlands of Jug Bay Natural Area on Aug. 4, 2018. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Cardinal flower has small, red, tubular flowers that bloom in late summer and attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Above, cardinal flower blooms at a restored grassland in Loudoun County, Va., on Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
A monarch butterfly visits butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) blooming at the headquarters of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis, Md., on June 6, 2019. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
A Baltimore checkerspot caterpillar feeds on a white turtlehead leaf. (Photo courtesy Jason King/iNaturalist CC BY-NC, Cropped)
A zebra swallowtail butterfly pauses to lay a single egg on the upper side of a pawpaw leaf along the Appalachian Trail in Washington County, Md., on May 22, 2022. In the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the pawpaw tree is the only host plant of the zebra swallowtail, meaning it is the only edible food source for its caterpillars. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
A great spangled fritillary butterfly and bees visit wild bergamot planted in a meadow at Kellys Run Preserve in Holtwood, Pa., on July 25, 2020. The preserve is permanently protected by Lancaster Conservancy, which has turned an abandoned community park into mixed meadow habitat for pollinators and wildlife. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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