Posts Tagged: cosmos
How a Praying Mantis Seizes the Day
If you're a praying mantis, it's important to start the day out right by meditating, praying, ...
A female Stagmomantis limbata nymph starts the day by hanging upside down: keeps the blood flowing and the heart pumping. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Balance training? Turn parallel as if you're on the parallel bars. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Stretching is a great way to kick-start your day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lunges are good to make sure your coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsa are flexible. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Daily morning exercise completed. Now turn upright and you may see a bee coming your way. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An Insect Assembled by a Committee?
This is an insect that looks as if it were assembled by a dysfunctional committee: long angular...
A katydid nymph on a rose leaf. The nymphs re wingless and have black and white banded antennae, according to UC IPM.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Katydids chew leaves, flowers, fruit and plant seeds. Here's one on a cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Time to leave. This katydid escaped from the camera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How Green Is Your Cosmos?
The vibrant colors of Cosmos, an annual flower with the same common name as its genus, are...
Long-distance view of a pink Cosmos with a "green" center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up view of a female ultra green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, on Cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The female ultra green sweat bee continues to forage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A, B, and C: What They Really Stand for...
Give me an "A" (for excellence). Give me a "B" (for bee). Give me a "C" (for Cosmos). Watching...
Honey bee heading for a Cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
All the right moves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The grand entrance. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The reward: nectar and pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How to Train Your Praying Mantis
We've trained puppies to "come," "sit" and "heel." We've trained an African grey parrot to say...
Praying mantis stretches in the African blue basil. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A little aerobics under the cosmos, as a bee does a flyover. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's not "Say cheese!" It's "Say bee!" (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)