The asters are one of the few flowers still in bloom and many, many insects are taking advantage of them. Diane was at the FWG today and said:

"One could stand beside the Heath Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) with its beautiful white flowers and see a great number of wasps, bees and flies and butterflies. While standing there, I saw Bumble bees, Honey bees, Bald-faced Hornets, Gymnosoma sp., Sphecidae sp, Polistes dominulus, but to me the highlight was the Feather-legged fly - Trichopoda plumipes. It was a first time that I saw a Trichopoda and I find them very special with the feather-legs. Two Summer Azure seem happy to sit on the aster. There were many more insects of different sizes on this lovely aster, but it was hard to focus on them all and of course they don't stop for very long."