tags: leafcutter bees, Image of the Day
Leafcutter bees in W. 11th St. Park Nesting Boxes. Look for the diagnostic hair on the ventral surface of the abdomen, which the bee rubs over composite flowers to trap pollen.
Image: Biosparite [larger]
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White pairie aster, Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides
W. 11th St. Park Butterfly Garden, Houston, Texas.
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Biosparite writes; This tiny aster, about 8 mm or so, was driving a lot of the bee and butterfly nectaring activity this past summer at the W. 11th st. Park. People with…
tags: Gaillardia pulchra, Image of the Day
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tags: hymenoptera, bees, Augochlora species, Metallic Green Native Bee, Image of the Day
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Wandering Glider, Pantala flavescens
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W. 11th St. Park Butterfly Garden, Houston, Texas.
October 2006
Biosparite writes; While I visited the West 11th st. Park, I was fortunate…
oh, very nice! :)