Posts Tagged: blanket flower
A Bug-Eat-Bug World
It's a bug-eat-bug world out there. Today we watched a syrphid fly, aka "hover fly" and "flower...
Syrphid fly (right) circles a blanket flower, unaware of the jumping spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Syrphid fly sipping nectar close to the predator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
End result--the jumping spider feasting on the syrphid fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
So Bee It
Honey bees on blanket flowers (Gaillardia). Honey bees on Mexican sunflowers (Tithonia). The...
Honey bee on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)