Pollinators At Work!

Finn McKenny | Oct. 20, 2026

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The pollinators on campus are working hard to prepare for the coming winter!

Monarch butterfly perched on a flower on Warren Wilson College Campus on Oct. 7, 2026 in Swannanoa, N.C. (Finn McKenny/Echo)

Upside-down carpenter bee on a flower on Warren Wilson College Campus on Oct. 1, 2026 in Swannanoa, N.C. (Finn McKenny/Echo)

Moth rests on a blade of grass on Warren Wilson College Campus on Oct. 7, 2026 in Swannanoa, N.C. (Finn McKenny/Echo)

Carpenter bee on a flower on Warren Wilson College Campus on Sept. 24, 2026 in Swannanoa, N.C. (Finn McKenny/Echo)

Paper wasp on a flower on Warren Wilson College Campus on Oct. 1, 2026 in Swannanoa, N.C. (Finn McKenny/Echo)

Carpenter bee on flower on Warren Wilson College Campus on Oct. 1, 2026 in Swannanoa, N.C. (Finn McKenny/Echo)

Cloudless sulphur butterfly on a flower on Warren Wilson College Campus on Oct. 2, 2026 in Swannanoa, N.C. (Finn McKenny/Echo)

Carpenter bee flying off of a flower on Warren Wilson College Campus on Oct. 2, 2026 in Swannanoa, N.C. (Finn McKenny/Echo)

Silver-spotted skipper butterfly on a flower on Warren Wilson College Campus on Oct. 1, 2026 in Swannanoa, N.C. (Finn McKenny/Echo)