Gulf Fritillary already emerged
As you know from my August posts, a we were anticipating the emergence of a Gulf Fritillary Butterfly Agraulis vanillae from its...
Those rascal Wool Carder Bees
Every day we have Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum visitors in both the front native garden and around the patio. The males are very...
Keeping the bird baths filled with water
Fortunately the heatwave broke a week ago, and we are back to normal Bay Area September temperatures. That means usually low 80's...
Butterflies, butterflies, butterflies
Now we are seeing a lot of butterflies around the garden, both in the native garden area and patio. They are always so lovely, flitting...
Bees love the dahlias
Earlier this summer I purchased a dahlia plant, "Bishop's Children" because the blossoms are so lovely. Because the colors vary, and...
Summer Long-Horned Bee on Cosmos
I just love to observe the Summer Long-Horned bees Melissodes bimaculata. Up until last month I had never seen any, and now they are...
Honey Bee and the Scabiosa Alba
All of this very warm, sometimes hot weather brings a lot of bees to the garden. Just as I hoped, plant their food sources and the...
Black-tailed Bumble Bee sleeping
Look who was sleeping on a California Delta sunflower. Yet another bee that I had never seen before. This is a Black-tailed Bumble Bee,...
The not so lucky Gulf Fritillary caterpillars
Yesterday I posted the life cycle of a Gulf Fritillary caterpillar, the first one we spotted on the passionflower vine. It is currently...
The Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar
As you know from earlier posts, we have a passionflower plant growing above one of the gates to the backyard and patio. It is a...
