Female aster mining bee foraging on frost aster flowers. —Matt Pelikan A Female aster mining bee collects pollen from heath aster. —Matt Pelikan Heath aster in the author’s Oak Bluffs yard. —Matt Pelikan Frost aster. —Matt Pelikan
Toast and jam. Macaroni and cheese. Burgers and fries. Some pairs go together so well that either item seems woefully abandoned on its own.
October brings just such a pairing in the natural world: white-rayed aster fl…