Posts Tagged: cosmos

Fun-Loving, Sun-Loving Cosmos

Oh, the fun-loving, sun-loving cosmos. A native of Mexico and a member of the sunflower family, Asteraceae, this plant brightens many a garden,...

Honey bee visiting a cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee visiting a cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee packing pollen, up, up and away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)o

Honey bee packing pollen, up, up and away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This honey bee is "in the pink"--pink cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This honey bee is "in the pink"--pink cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bug Stops Here

President Obama caught a little flak when he smacked a fly during a recent press interview in the White House....

Blow Fly on Cosmos

BOTTLE-GREEN blow fly, the color of emeralds, on a pink cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Shadow Knows

LOOK CLOSELY and you'll see the shadow of a fly inside this pink cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Caught on the Cosmos

Cosmos flowers are somewhat like Libras. They balance. In fact, the word,  "cosmos,"  means "harmony" or "ordered...

Syrphid on Cosmos

SYRPHID, aka flower fly or hover fly, lands on a cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-Up

CLOSE-UP of syrphid nectaring on a cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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