Posts Tagged: blanket flower

A Bug-Eat-Bug World

It's a bug-eat-bug world out there. Today we watched a syrphid fly, aka "hover fly" and "flower fly," circling a blanket flower (Gaillardia) and...

Syrphid fly (right) circles a blanket flower, unaware of the jumping spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Syrphid fly (right) circles a blanket flower, unaware of the jumping spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Syrphid fly sipping nectar close to the predator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Syrphid fly sipping nectar close to the predator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

End result--the jumping spider feasting on the syrphid fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

End result--the jumping spider feasting on the syrphid fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

So Bee It

Honey bees on blanket flowers (Gaillardia). Honey bees on Mexican sunflowers (Tithonia). The Girls of Autumn....not unlike The Boys of...

Honey bee on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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