Wildflower - Queen Anne’s Lace

The fields in the neighborhood are turning white as the large flower heads of Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota) tower above the dried up hay fields of late summer.



Also known as Wild Carrot it is native to temperate regions of Europe and southwest Asia, and naturalized to North America where it is a source of food for many insects.



While the bees and butterflies use the Queen Anne’s Lace flowers for a source of food, the undesirable Japanese Beetles use the flowers as a playground for continuing their life cycle.



A Japanese Beetle "group hug".