Happenings in the insect world
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Published on: May 5, 2009
The rock purslane (Calandrinia grandiflora) attracts its share of insects.
This morning the brilliant magenta blossoms drew honey bees, carpenter bees and hover flies.
As a hover fly (aka syrphid fly or flower fly) gathered nectar, a spider crawled up a leaf of the succulent, presumably to check out the best place to weave a web.
The rock purslane is drought-tolerant and a good plant for xeroscaping.
And perfect for attracting pollinators--and an occasional spider.
Rock purslane
Hover fly
Spider
Comments:
by Jeannette E. Warnert
on May 6, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Wow! Beautiful photos (as always.) Don't forget to add them to the repository! Thanks, Jeannette
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