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We believed this to be a hummingbird, until seeing the close-up photos; in fact it's a Nessus Sphinx hawk moth.
Description: Bumblebee pollinating urban gardens in the Bay Area
Submitted by: Erica Varon
Date: May 25, 2021
National wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries across the region are looking good thanks to new and expanded pollinator gardens! This garden featured purple prairie clover, purple coneflower, yellow coneflower and more.
Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS.
The hidden wet meadows and wet prairies of Burkhardt Waterfowl Production Area are teeming with forbs (leafy, flowering plants other than grasses, shrubs, or trees), providing nectar and pollen for beetles, pollinating flies, bees, moths, and butterflies. White-tailed deer and cottontail rabbit trails weave through the meadows as well.
Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS
Today the silverbell tree was humming with action. All kinds of bees, mostly Bombus impatiens, bumble bees. They seemed to have to get right down into the flower to get the nectar.
This two spotted bumble bee has been busy pollinating in Ohio at a Schoolyard habitat.
Our Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program works with schools from across the country to create schoolyard habitat, these habitats create outdoor labs to assist students in learning about the natural world outdoors. Photo by Alejandro Morales/USFWS.
Cardinal-flower stages the opening of its flowers over a period of weeks. Blooming begins with the lowest buds on the stem, gradually moving up until all the flowers in a cluster have opened for business. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds will likely be regular visitors throughout this process.
But the Cardinal-flower expects something in return from the Hummingbird for its gift of nectar. The unsuspecting little bird carries out an essential service for the Cardinal-flower: pollination.
When the Hummingbird inserts its bill in the center of the bright red corolla to drink, the top of its head is snugly brushed by a long tube that arches above the flower’s scarlet lobes, the flower and the Hummingbird fitting so perfectly together that it looks like a custom tailoring job. In newly blossoming flowers, the tube is tipped with a fused set of pollen-rich stamens that brush the Hummingbird’s head, leaving a precious cargo of pollen for the little bird to take to the next Cardinal-flower it visits. In the picture above, you can see the pollinating process at the tip of the stamen resting on the Hummingbird’s head.
Our resident Lasioglossum (parasphecodes) enjoying the Flax Lilies (Dianella caerulea). We have at least a dozen of these plants in the garden and keep dividing them and planting out more. They do an excellent job of holding the soil, make great bee food which in turn makes great people food (their berries are edible and sweet!). This little lady is ensuring we will have a nice crop of berries by Christmas. Thank you, Lady Lasio! [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
At least five species of pollinators are on this goldenrod. For more information on creating pollinator habitat, visit nysipm.cornell.edu/environment/pollinators/.
Video: Joellen Lampman
in a roadside ditch -- starting to train for a 24 mile backpacking trip, so I'm back to walking the roads (with my macro lens, of course)
Lithurgopsis gibbosa, fat happy bee, pollinating Pricklypear, enthusiastically! She seemingly swims through the stamens collecting the pollen grains, which stick to her furry belly for transport home.
This member of the Megachilidae family (Leaf cutter bees) is a solitary bee and raises her young on her own. The pollen will be used, along with a little nectar, to make a "bee loaf" to feed her young :)
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(This video is very short so it likes to be paused & buffered before being played).
Not an overly common butterfly, the Regal Fritillary is easy to identify from other fritillaries by its dark colored hindwings. This butterfly has been seen a number of times this summer at the Cornell Waterfowl Production Area in North Dakota. In addition to having a large acreage of native prairie here, this site had a prescribed burn this spring. Lots of native wildflowers responded well to the burn, like the dotted blazing star that the Regal is feeding on.
Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS
Nothing new today. The weather was awful and I had a ton of history homework to do. who doesn't love history homework on saturday right?
So I give you this picture for today. An image from a time with warm weather and life. lol Spring is getting closer everyday though. It wont be too long.
Successful wasp selfie without getting stung! This picture was taken in our garden. The wasp was busy pollinating our hydrangea.