Pollinator Habitat in Log Landings (PHiLL) Project

Beautiful article on the PHiLL Project! Check it out ➡️

The New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) is blooming on our log landings at @marktwain_nf !!

Happy pollinator week from the PHiLL project! A reminder to do what you can to support wild pollinators this week (and every week). Plant native plants, share an INaturalist photo, mow your lawn less, avoid pesticides and leave your garden wild!

Happy pollinator week from the PHiLL project! Check out this photo of a species of conservation concern we caught on a log landing last week, a queen American bumblebee!

Can anyone ID this Desmodium? We may have an idea, but Desmodiums could always use a second set of eyes!

Day 3 of the PHiLL Project’s three-forest tour ended on a high note at @marktwain_nf. The bee balm (Monarda fistulosa) was blooming profusely! A lot of exciting vegetation sampling to come this summer (with some promising species richness…) 🐝

The field season in numbers so far: Elk: 36 Road-killed armadillos seen: 27 Bears: 1 Rattlesnakes: 1 Turtles helped to cross the road: at least 1 a day! Ticks: TOO MANY Cool bees seen: Lots :) pictured is an Andrena sp. (likely Andrena krigiana).

The Pollinator Habitat in Log Landings project is looking for a Native Plants Field Technician for the summer field season. Pay is $15/hr & training is provided. This is a good opportunity to learn a lot of plant ID & get involved with restoration research. See flyer & share!

On Thursday the 3 MS students on the PHiLL proj, @aliza_fassler, Sloane, and Will updated FS scientists, researchers, and collaborators on the past field season and recent work. From bee processing, a new greenhouse experiment, and soil analyses, the 2nd year of 3 is promising🐝

What will I bee doing all fall? Pinning & ID’ing tricky bee specimens that can only be ID’d using microscopic characteristics. Like this male Coelioxys sp. #beeoftheweek Female Coelioxys are nest parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species like a cuckoo bird!

Male bees in the long-horn bee genus Melisodes, like this M. bimaculatus, have characteristically long antennae #beeoftheweek

Plant team got PhiLL’s first flat today 🔩🛞 fixed in 20 and back on the road 🚗

Early mornings in the field mean we get to catch the male bumblebees snoozing under leaves #Bumble @PHiLLProject @HoosierNF

The green bees are loving the hoary mt. mint on the @HoosierNF log landings this week! @PHiLLProject Check out the tiny pink polka dots on the flowers 😊

Plant team working out the quadrats on the Shawnee 😌

fs.usda.gov/inside-fs/deli… Great article interviewing our bee MS student, Aliza, on the PHiLL project 📄

Did you know male bumblebees often have a patch of yellow on their noses like a tiny mustache? Check out the nose on this two-spot bumblebee (Bombus bimaculatus)! 🔍#beeoftheweek

Early morning light illuminating the vegetation we sifted through today 🌤

fritillaries snacking on their butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) 🍽

Fieldwork & a visiting Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) to brighten the day 💛😌🌟