Posts Tagged: Passiflora
A Most Unusual Photo
It's an incredible photo. Nicole "Nikki" Nicola, a staff research associate in the Frank Zalom lab...
Male and female of the same species, Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipunta, share a single passionflower blossom. The female is solid black and the male, a green-eyed blond. (Photo by Nicole Nicola)
A pollen-dusted female Valley carpenter bee exits the passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta, on a germander bush. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Because Nature Isn't Perfect
Nature isn't perfect, but neither are we! Today we watched a Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)...
A depigmentized Gulf Fritillary laying eggs on a passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This Gulf Fritillary isn't depigmentized. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This Gulf Fritllary is nectaring on a Jupiter's Beard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's a Predatory World Out There
It's a predatory world out there. Newly emerged Gulf Fritillaries (Agraulis vanillae) are...
Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, laying an egg (see tiny yellow dot protruding from the abdomen.) (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Signs of a predator encounter: wings ripped and torn--probably by a bird. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An adult Gulf Fritillary--wingspan still intact--basking in the sunshine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gulf Fritillaries Are Back!
Okay, where are they? Shouldn't they be emerging soon? They're in Davis and Suisun. Why not...
A Gulf Fritillary lays an egg on a passionflower vine in Vacaville on March 26. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The female Gulf Fritillary touches down on a stucco wall. Gulf Frits lay eggs on the leaves and tendrils of their host plant, Passiflora, but also on nearby fences and walls. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is one of the eggs that the Gulf Fritillary laid on a leaf on March 26. They lay their eggs singly. They are about the size of a pinhead. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Very Tiny Bee
At first glance, it appeared to be a gnat circling our head. Then it landed on our passionflower...
A tiny sweat bee, Lasioglossum, subgenus Evylaeus, on a passionflower vine (Passiflora). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a tiny sweat bee, genus Lasioglossum, subgenus Evylaeus, on a passionflower vine (Passiflora). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)