What a cute face! Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus (Pyrobombus) vosnesenskii) nectaring on Western Yarrow (Achillea millefolia) - 8-2-12 |
Weevil Wasp (Cerceris sp.) loves the Red Buckwheat (Eriogonum grande var. rubescens) - 8-2-12 |
Gray Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens) rests a while on the mulch - 8-2-12 |
Hover Fly (Spilomyia sp.) is a good wasp mimic. Nectaring on Western Yarrow (Achillea millefolia) - 8-2-12 |
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) busily nectaring on Western Yarrow (Achillea millefolia) - 7/21/12 |
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) nectaring on Western Yarrow (Achillea millefolia) - 7/21/12 |
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) nectaring on Western Yarrow (Achillea millefolia) - 7/21/12 |
Green Fruit Beetles (Cotinus mutabilis) are very active now, running into things and people - 7/14/12 |
Green Fruit Beetle (Cotinus mutabilis) on Western Yarrow (Achillea millefolia) - 7/14/12 |
Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) looks almost black in some light. Here nectaring on Black Sage (Salvia mellifera) - 7/14/12 |
Potter Wasp (Eumenes crucifer) on Western Yarrow (Achillea Millefolia) - 7/14/12 |
Bee Fly (Geron spp.) nectaring on Red Buckwheat (Eriogonum grande var. rubescens) - 7/14/12 |
Mason Wasp (Parancistrocerus sp.) nectaring on Red Buckwheat(Eriogonum grande var. rubescens) - 7/14/12 |
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae marcellina) resting on mulch. This butterfly usually just flies through since we don't have any Senna (Cassia species) which are its larval food plant - 7/14/12 |
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