Posts Tagged: Anemone

Drama in the Garden

Take one honey bee and one Japanese anemone. Then add one jumping spider. The results don't always turn out so well. But today in the East Asian...

Honey bee in flight, heading toward a Japanese anemone and unaware of the spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee in flight, heading toward a Japanese anemone and unaware of the jumping spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee forages while the jumping spider lurks. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee forages while the jumping spider lurks. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This was a perfect time for the jumping spider to nail the bee, but it didn't. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This was a perfect time for the jumping spider to nail the bee, but it didn't. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Give Us an A, B, and C

"A" is for anemone, "B" is for bumble bee and "C" is for coneflower.A visit to the Oregon state capitol grounds in Salem last Tuesday found scores of...

Bumble Bee on Anemone

WORKER BUMBLE BEE on anemone. This is a female yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii), as identified by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Foraging

THIS WORKER BUMBLE BEE (Bombus vosnesenskii) is foraging on anemone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Male Bumble Bee

A MALE bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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