Posts Tagged: tower of jewels

Bee-Hold the Tower of Jewels

It's worth the wait.The two towers of jewels (Echium wildpretti) are blooming in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee friendly garden...

As Tiny as a... Sweat Bee

If you like to take photos of insects that are as small as a grain of rice, then you'll love--absolutely love--stalking a sweat bee.Sweat bees,...

Sweat Bee

SWEAT BEE, a female Halictus tripartitus, sips nectar from a tower of jewels blossom (Echium wildpretti). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-Up

CLOSE-UP of a female sweat bee, Halictus tripartitus, as identified by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis. This one is nectaring on a tower of jewels. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Heavy Load

HEAVY LOAD of blue pollen on a female sweat bee, Halictus tripartitus. The bee is leaving a tower of jewels (Echium wildprettii). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Just Hovering

Every insect looks prettier when it lands on a tower of jewels (Echiium wildpretti).When in full bloom, the 9-to-10-foot-high plant, native to the...

Syrphid Fly

SYRPHID FLY, aka flower fly, sips nectar from a tower of jewels. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-Up

BEAUTY of a syrphid fly on a tower of jewels. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Itsy Bitsy--Not!

It wasn't an itsy bitsy spider.And it didn't climb up the water spout.It was climbing all over the tower of jewels, ready to stalk and pounce on...

Jumping Spider

MALE JUMPING SPIDER of the genus Phidippus in the tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-Up

JUMPING SPIDER caught in the act of crawling. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Green Mouthparts

JUMPING SPIDER is characterized by its iridescent green chelicerae or mouthparts. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Tower of Bees

"The tower of jewels" ought to be called "the tower of bees." This spectacular plant attracts bees like a honey-laden hive does hungry bears.The...

HONEY BEE zeroes in on a ruby-red blossom. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

LADY IN RED--A honey bee amid the bright red blossoms of the tower of jewels. Note the blue-gray pollen from the plant on her leg. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

BLUE SKIES, red blossoms, busy bees. A honey bee heads for a tower of jewels. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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