Posts Tagged: Robert Bugg
Hello, Friday Fly Day!
Hello, Friday Fly Day! It's time to post an image of syrphid fly, aka hover fly or flower...
A syrphid fly, probably a Syrphus opinator, warms its flight muscles in the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden, part of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hovering in the Wind
The 40 mile-per-hour howling wind didn't seem to bother the syrphid fly, aka hover fly and flower...
Syrphid fly nectaring on tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Syrphid sparkles in the early morning sun. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Syrphids Back Again
Have you seen the little syrphid flies, aka flower flies and hover flies, hovering around the early...
Honing In
Glitter
Just Hovering
It's often mistaken for a honey bee. It's not a honey bee. It's a hover fly or flower fly. And...
Hover Fly
Head of Hover Fly
Let Us Prey
Robert Bugg saw it first. That's entomologist Robert L. Bugg. Bugg, who received his doctorate in...
A praying mantis snares a pipevine swallowtail butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It was the last flutter for this pipevine swallowtail butterfly after a praying mantis snared it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)