Posts Tagged: coneflower
A Pollinator with a New Name
We're almost midway through National Pollinator Week! It's a week that we should celebrate...
A female bumble bee, Bombus fervidus, heads for a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bombus fervidus atop the purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Let Us Prey
So patient, so passionate. The praying mantis looked hungry last Thursday when it perched on a...
Praying mantis waits and waits. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Maybe hunting is better on the other side? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's on the other side? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Keeping cool beneath the coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Purple Coneflower Never Looked So Good
You never know what you'll see on a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).Honey bees....
Western tiger swallowtail on a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Western tiger swallowtail spreads its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Nothin' Like a Cone
There's nothing quite like a cone--no, not an ice cream cone. A purple coneflower.The purple...
Honey bee on purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Peek-a-bee: A honey bee peers through the head of a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollen-laden honey bee climbs over the head of a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Bumble Bee to Remember
Not all bumble bees are primarily black. Take the Bombus flavifrons. We spotted a male Bombus...
Male bumble bee (Bombus flavifrons) nectaring perennial cornflower (Centaurea montana). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bottoms Up: A bumble bee (Bombus flavifrons) inside a perennial cornflower (Centaurea montana). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)