Posts Tagged: Martin Hauser
A Newly Emerged Green Bottle Fly
Flies are pollinators, too. It's appropriate during National Pollinator Week to remember that. We...
Newly emerged green bottle fly nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Flies Are Pollinators, Too!
You may have noticed this little floral visitor in your garden. It might appear to be a bee, a...
Close-up of a fly, genus Eristalis, on a flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Flies are pollinators, too! This little Eristalis is nectaring a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side view of an Eristalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Girl and the Bubble
Ah, the little intricacies of life... We were walking along a stretch of the coastal town of...
Syrphid fly (female Sphaerophoria), as identified by senior insect biosystematist Martin Hauser of the CDFA. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Gavrey)
Close-up of "The Girl and the Bubble." See text above for what the bubble is. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Buddy, Can You Share a Meal?
The next time you see a spider eating a bee snared in its web, look closely. The spider may not be...
Freeloader fly sharing a meal with a spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Freeloader fly perched on top of a spider's prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The End Is Near
The parasitic fly (family Tachinidae) never had a chance. It went from floral visitor to spider...
Two cellar spiders work together to capture a Tachinid fly in their web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
While one spider wraps the fly, another bites it in the head, paralyzing it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the fatal bite. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)