I’ll start with the “pretty” stuff.  I have a late-blooming goldenrod cultivar of some sort that I bought at a nursery last year.  I don’t quite trust cultivars but this one seems to be attracting insects like crazy, so I guess it is OK.  I think the following picture shows a “Soldier Beetle.”  In fact, on looking at the picture more closely, I think there are TWO of them, one on top of the other.

Insect on Goldenrod

More bumblebees on the Sedum:

Bumblebees on Sedum

An unidentified skipper on the Sedum?

Skipper on Sedum?

Finally here’s the not-so-pretty (well, really gross) picture that I took just for you, Wendy.

Milkweed Beetles on Common Milkweed