Sleeping Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee
Yesterday morning the weather was fairly cool and windy. It was perfect weather to pull weeds, deadhead blooming plants, and fertilize...
Sweat bees are here
Sweat bees are amazing. You do need a trained eye to recognize them. I'm still learning and usually don't realize what they are until I...
Flower Flies
Some of the flower flies aka hoverflies family Syrphidae are so large that they closely resemble bees. Often I can't tell that they are...
Ivory Banded Digger Bee in the native garden
Those ivory banded digger bees are so hard to photograph because they seem to be in almost constant motion. They are constantly visiting...
Here's looking at you...
This dragonfly decided to rest in the sun on the brick stonewall. I haven't been able to identify it yet. When it is in flight the wings...
Carpenter bee in the Bird's Eye Gilia patch
Ooh, it's nice to see the carpenter bees enjoying the nectar and pollen of the Bird's-Eye Gilia blossoms. This bee probably is a male,...
What's not to love about the Bird's-Eye Gilia?
The lovely Bird's-Eye or Tricolor Gilia is a lovely California native. It is an annual and heavy nectar producer. Last year I purchased...
It's Spring, it's Spring, and everything is popping up
You just never know which of the plants that went dormant starting in the Fall are going to actually grow again. And I am pleasantly...
A Mining Bee and the Tricolored Gilia
The Tricolored or Bird's- Eye Gilia blossoms are attracting all kinds of bees, and it is such a treat to observe the bees as they collect...
Well, hello there umber skipper!
I just love the umber skippers Poanes melane. They appear in the garden in March and are around until late October. The image above I...
