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Sorry, This Blossom Is Taken

So here's this male longhorned bee (Svastra) sipping a little nectar from a Mexican sunflower...

A male Svastra dive-bombs another male on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). This image was taken with a fast shutter speed of 1/3200 of a second. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male Svastra dive-bombs another male on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). This image was taken with a fast shutter speed of 1/3200 of a second. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Following the dive-bombing, the male Svastra kept occupying the blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Following the dive-bombing, the male Svastra kept occupying the blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 5:00 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (1), dive-bombing (2), Kathy Keatley Garvey (31), longhorned bees (6), Mexican sunflower (77), pollinator garden (24), Robbin Thorp (279), Svastra bee (1), Tithonia (60), UC ANR (19), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (633)

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Posts Tagged: Svastra bee

Sorry, This Blossom Is Taken

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