Inconsiderate insects

            Take a close look at any spray of goldenrod. If you give it a minute, you’ll almost always find someone in there hard at work, getting ready for winter.
            I thought this was two bees at first, members of two distinct bee families, contentedly sharing a flower. In fact, it’s a bumblebee and a black locust borer.
            “Bumblebees are not honey producers,” says thesca.org. That is to say, they only produce enough for their own consumption. How very ungenerous of them. But admit it, they are furry and appealing.
            The black locust borer is identified as a pest, but it would rather be called a beetle. Note the snazzy “W” under the wings, says pnwhandbooks.org. The beetles thrive in “host trees,” especially the ill-fated black locust, but I gather they don’t treat their hosts with appropriate gratitude.
            They both seemed quite nice to me.
 
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