Bee Friends And Other Garden Guests - Chapter 8 - 2017 in the Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum

wildflowers

May 2, 2017 8:28 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Christine
North East Texas (Zone 7b)
Shine Your Light!

It's May, and seems like a great time to start a new thread.

We came from here: The thread "Bee Friends And Other Garden Guests - Chapter 7 - A New Year 2017" in Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum

May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb

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UrbanWild

May 3, 2017 6:57 AM CST

Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
Kentucky - Plant Hardiness Zone 7a

Three flies on a piece of squirrel dung...

At left: Lucilia sericata (green bottle fly),
Top center: a sarcophagid? = flesh fly
At left: Calliphora vomitoria (blue bottle fly)

Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE

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wildflowers

May 3, 2017 8:31 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Christine
North East Texas (Zone 7b)
Shine Your Light!

A rainbow of flies!

Speaking of shiny things that catch your eye...

Here's one of those strange looking bugs... Tortoise Beetle. It was sparkling on the leaf like a little jewel.

May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb

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UrbanWild

May 4, 2017 8:10 AM CST

Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
Kentucky - Plant Hardiness Zone 7a

wildflowers said:A rainbow of flies!

Speaking of shiny things that catch your eye...

Here's one of those strange looking bugs... Tortoise Beetle. It was sparkling on the leaf like a little jewel.

The metallic gold color is only present in living specimens. When they die, they mostly turn black...even in scientific collections.

Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE

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mcash70

May 7, 2017 4:31 PM CST

Name: Margaret
Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)

I think winter is finally done, the trees are all starting to leaf out, hopefully lots of blossoms for the beessoon.

DH built me this great bee house, I showed him a photo of what I wanted, and he did a super job.

I had him hang it on hooks so that I can remove it to a sheltered area under the deck for the winter, then I bring them out once it warms up.

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luvsgrtdanes

May 8, 2017 12:09 PM CST

Name: Ronnie (Veronica)
Southeastern PA (Zone 6b)
Count your blessings, be grateful

I love that Margaret! He did a good job

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

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mcash70

May 8, 2017 12:50 PM CST

Name: Margaret
Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)

Thank you Ronnie. He sure did.

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crawgarden

May 8, 2017 8:47 PM CST

Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)

Hanging out with the Semps! A catchy little tune.

As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

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wildflowers

May 14, 2017 10:02 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Christine
North East Texas (Zone 7b)
Shine Your Light!

Looks like I might have an uninvited guest! Found these eggs on the back side of a calendula leaf. Thinking it is stink bug eggs...

Anyone know if these are stink bug eggs?

surfing around for a match, I ran across this video of stink bugs hatching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb

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nativeplantlover

May 17, 2017 7:32 AM CST

Name: Cheryl
Brownstown, Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)

UrbanWild said:

The metallic gold color is only present in living specimens. When they die, they mostly turn black...even in scientific collections.

Wow! I didn't know this fact. I just love the tortoise beetles that come to my morning glory plants.

"My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird — equal seekers of sweetness. Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished." — Mary Oliver, from Messenger

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crawgarden

May 19, 2017 9:36 PM CST

Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)

As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

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evermorelawnless

May 20, 2017 2:13 PM CST

Name: Asa
Wasatch Front - Utah

Sorry have not been so active for a while. Our neighbor moved and took his hives with him. Will try to do some bee shooting soon.

In the meantime...

This is fun: The thread "Asa's former lawn...or (better) Dirt's current gardens" in Garden Photos forum

My bee site - I post a new, different bee photo every day:
http://bees.photo

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crawgarden

May 24, 2017 8:03 PM CST

Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)

As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

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evermorelawnless

May 24, 2017 9:05 PM CST

Name: Asa
Wasatch Front - Utah

Accidental blue bee!!!

Glaucous Penstemon (Penstemon euglaucus)
Uploaded by evermorelawnless

This is fun: The thread "Asa's former lawn...or (better) Dirt's current gardens" in Garden Photos forum

My bee site - I post a new, different bee photo every day:
http://bees.photo

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jmorth

May 27, 2017 1:02 AM CST

central Illinois

Bee inside poppy -

Nothing that's been done can ever be changed.

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evermorelawnless

May 29, 2017 8:46 AM CST

Name: Asa
Wasatch Front - Utah

This is fun: The thread "Asa's former lawn...or (better) Dirt's current gardens" in Garden Photos forum

My bee site - I post a new, different bee photo every day:
http://bees.photo

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nativeplantlover

May 29, 2017 1:02 PM CST

Name: Cheryl
Brownstown, Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)

"My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird — equal seekers of sweetness. Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished." — Mary Oliver, from Messenger

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nativeplantlover

May 29, 2017 1:04 PM CST

Name: Cheryl
Brownstown, Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)

Immature yellow Argiope

Willow Amsonia (Amsonia tabernaemontana)
Uploaded by nativeplantlover

Female Bumble Bee with loaded pollen sacs

"My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird — equal seekers of sweetness. Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished." — Mary Oliver, from Messenger

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