Here it is. A long overdue post with some pictures I just took out in my garden and front yard!

Agapostemon sp. on yellow Gailardia.

Ants on a fig.

Skipper on a zinnia sipping nectar through the long straw-like proboscis. This flexible tube is actually made of two parts that lock together shortly after the butterfly emerges from its chrysalis.

Bug nymph. I'm not sure which kind, and I don't feel like looking it up right now...

Predators love the pollinator garden, too. Flowers are a great place to wait for prey to visit.

Crab spider lurker on the zinnia. 

Jumping spider waiting on the black-eyed susans

 Praying mantis. This is certainly one of the babies we released in may, all grown up.