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Check Out the Pollen!

Talk about a pollen-packing bumble bee. A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, displayed quite a heavy load of orange pollen recently...

Check out the heavy load of orange pollen that this yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, is packing. It is foraging on hairy vetch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Check out the heavy load of orange pollen that this yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, is packing. It is foraging on hairy vetch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Check out the heavy load of orange pollen that this yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, is packing. It is foraging on hairy vetch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 4:30 AM

One Cool Little Moth: Schinia sueta!

Ever heard of Schinia sueta? It's a moth. We spotted this little moth, from the Noctuidae family, in a meadow at the Hastings Preserve in Carmel in...

This moth, Schinia sueta, feeds on hairy vetch, Vicia villosa, in a meadow at Hastings Preserve, Carmel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This moth, Schinia sueta, feeds on hairy vetch, Vicia villosa, in a meadow at Hastings Preserve, Carmel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This moth, Schinia sueta, feeds on hairy vetch, Vicia villosa, in a meadow at Hastings Preserve, Carmel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Schinia sueta is a day-flying moth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Schinia sueta is a day-flying moth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Schinia sueta is a day-flying moth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Off to the next flower! Schinia sueta foraging on hairy vetch, Vicia villosa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Off to the next flower! Schinia sueta foraging on hairy vetch, Vicia villosa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Off to the next flower! Schinia sueta foraging on hairy vetch, Vicia villosa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 5:44 PM

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