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Flowering Jade Draws Some Pollinators

European syrphid fly forages on jade at the Benicia Capitol State Historic Park. This is a Eristalinus aenus.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's not spring yet, but don't tell that to the pollinators at the Benicia Capitol State Historic...

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Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 5:25 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Benicia Capitol State Historic Park (1), Eristalinus aenus (1), jade (1), Lathyrophthalmus aeneus (1), Martin Hauser (12)

There Is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch

A freeloader fly dines on a bee freshly killed by a garden spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

There is such a thing as a free lunch. And a free breakfast. And a free dinner. And a...

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Posted on Monday, July 27, 2015 at 8:53 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee (1), family Milichiidae (1), freeloader fly (2), garden spider (1), Martin Hauser (12), prey (1)

Hide the Cactus!

Black hover fly, aka Mexican cactus fly, sipping nectar from a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hide the cactus! There's a Mexican cactus fly in our midst. A large black fly hovers over a...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 5:29 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: black fly (1), Copestylum mexicanum (1), hover fly (2), Lynn Kimsey (1), Martin Hauser (12), Robbin Thorp (1), syrphid (1)

Brother, Can You Spare a Meal?

Praying mantis eats a honey bee while a freeloader fly, family Milichilidae, does, too. Another freeloader edges closer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A freeloader. A moocher. A sponger. That's the freeloader fly. A praying mantis is polishing off...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 5:59 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: freeloader flies (1), honey bee (1), Martin Hauser (12), Milichildae (1), praying mantis (1), Ted MacRae (1)

Lovin' the Zinnias

Hover fly, Eristalis hirta, on zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Orange zinnias not only brighten our autumn days but glorify our gardens. And when there's a bug...

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Posted on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 9:39 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Eristalis hirta (1), Martin Hauser (12), Patrick Abbot (1), zinnia (1)

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