Posts Tagged: Xylocopa varipuncta
Pardon My (Gold) Dust
A gold rush of sorts.When the female Valley carpenter bees forage among the passion flowers...
Female Valley carpenter bee, caught in flight, dusted with gold pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Female Valley carpenter bee visiting a passion flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gold alert! A female Valley carpenter bee heads toward a passion flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Just Wanna Be Your Teddy Bear...
"Just wanna be your teddy bear..." When Elvis Presley sang that, his fans swooned. Well, there...
Honey bee and male carpenter bee (Xylocopa varipuncta) on tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the male Valley carpenter bee (Xylocopa varipuncta) on tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bring on the Carpenter Bees
Carpenter bees, which to the uninitiated look like bumble bees, are nice to have around the...
Dead Aim
Piercing the Corolla
On Rock Purslane