Thank you, Peren. I think you nailed it. Ken, I was just reading about it. I've certainly seen lots of other species of horsetail but not this one. I guess there'll always be horsetail and cockroaches to repopulate the earth after we destroy it.

We call it Swamp Sunflower out here. Grows in the ditches and wild places. Continues to grow from the roots as well as drop seeds. Hardy. Perennial. Comes back faithfully. Can be cut back so that it stays lower to the ground if you only want flowers 18" high for example. Single stems easy to pull out if you want it thinned or have stragglers you don't want. Flowers are long blooming and look nice. Repeat bloomer especially if you deadhead. Heidi

Agree with both, with the first likely to be Liatris aspera. As for the second.......one of the zillions of the late season, yellow flowered Asteraceae :-)

My first thought was a weevil, too, but I couldn't find a picture of any with a snout quite like this one.