Three busy native insects feed on native goldenrod. At top left is a grass-carrying wasp (Genus Isodontia); center, ground yellowjacket (Genus Vespula), and the very small insect at bottom right is probably a sweat bee (Genus Lasioglossum). Wasps are our friends, Kim Eierman said; they keep the pest population down. Photo copyright Connie Oswald Stofko by Connie Oswald Stofko You may already have some milkweed and other native plants in your summer garden. Can you try for a loftier goal?…
