The British Countryside Pool (britcountry_flk) wrote, @ 2023-10-10 21:42:00 |
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Wendy Ball - West Sussex has added a photo to the pool:
Ivy begins to produce yellow/green, strong-smelling blooms when a lot of flowering plants are starting to die off in late summer, so it is an essential food plant for pollinators when there is little else about. It is particularly important to many insects before they go into hibernation. Some of the main insect species which forage on the nectar and pollen of ivy are bees, hoverflies and common wasps. The Ivy Bee feeds mainly on ivy, so they time their emergence to fit in with the flowering period of late September to November.