Today we're shining the #PollinatorWeek spotlight on solitary wasps! These beneficial bugs provide an important service - they snack on many of the insects we consider to be garden pests.
Solitary wasps, such as the thread-waisted wasp and scoliid wasp, build nests in a variety of locations, including burrows in the ground, cavities in plant stems and wood, and cavities formed with mud. While they’re not the best pollinators around, adult wasps can be found on many wildflowers in late summer. No need for alarm - solitary wasps do not aggressively defend their nests like social wasps.

The Dunes & Grits Grill favorite, Zach Strader, a sophomore at ECU, loves to fish. So it's no surprise that he came in First Place for Biggest Fish and Biggest Bag at the Culpepper Bassaholics event last weekend, Saturday, June 19th, in Culpepper, Virginia. The Big Mouth Bass weighed in at 6 lbs. and netted the angler a cash prize in each event. (Great way to help pay for college.) The Dunes couldn't be happier. Zach, who lives in Wanchese, started working at The Dunes and now at both restaurants (Dunes & Grits Grill) last summer and on weekends throughout the winter when he wasn't at school. Way to go!

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Closed today, but we can't wait to see you for lunch or dinner tomorrow!