Posts Tagged: lavender

Battle Over the Lavender: Mine, All Mine!

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, is foraging on lavender in a Vacaville garden. Abruptly, the bumble bee senses a...

A yellow-face bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, is interrupted by a fast-approaching honey bee as it's nectaring on lavender in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellow-face bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, is interrupted by a fast-approaching honey bee as it's nectaring on lavender in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Return of Bombus

The English lavender drew her in. And there she was, a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging in our family's pollinator...

A yellow-faced Bombus vosnesenskii, prepares to sip nectar from an English lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellow-faced Bombus vosnesenskii, prepares to sip nectar from an English lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, sipping nectar.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, sipping nectar.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Side view of the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Side view of the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, departs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, departs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Happy Friday Fly Day--from a Golden Goddess

Thar's gold in them thar hills, and then there's that ol' golden dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria. It's a red-eyed blond that...

A golden dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria, perched on a lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A golden dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria, perched on a lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bee and the Butterfly

The bee and the butterfly.   Or, Apis mellifera and Colias eurytheme.   One's a beneficial insect. That would...

A sulphur butterfly, Colias eurytheme, and a honey bee, Apis mellifera, meet on lavender. The butterfly is a male, as identified by Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A sulphur butterfly, Colias eurytheme, and a honey bee, Apis mellifera, meet on lavender. The butterfly is a male, as identified by Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hey, bee, I was here first! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hey, bee, I was here first! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hey, butterfly! I was here second. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hey, butterfly! I was here second. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The male butterfly, leery of the encroaching bee, takes flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The male butterfly, leery of the encroaching bee, takes flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Just a Day in the Life of a Butterfly

It's early morning.  A newly eclosed Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, perches alone in the center of a lavender bed in Vacaville,...

It's early morning, and a newly eclosed Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, perches on lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's early morning, and a newly eclosed Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, perches on lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

As the sun warms her wings, the Gulf Fritillary unfolds them gingerly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

As the sun warms her wings, the Gulf Fritillary unfolds them gingerly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Gulf Fritillary spreads her wings and prepares for take-off as honey bees arrive to forage on the lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Gulf Fritillary spreads her wings and prepares for take-off as honey bees arrive to forage on the lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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