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When you see the blow fly (below), what do you think?Well, that depends on who you are and what you...

Blow fly on a New Zealand tea tree (Leptospermum scoparium). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Blow fly on a New Zealand tea tree (Leptospermum scoparium). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Blow fly gathering nectar from New Zealand tea tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Blow fly gathering nectar from New Zealand tea tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, February 27, 2012 at 9:57 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Blow fly (4), Leptospermum socoparium (1), New Zealand tea tree (3), pollinators (56)

Tea for Two

In a way, it's "tea for two."The New Zealand tea tree, Leptospermum scoparium, aka "manuka," "tea...

Leptospermum

HONEY BEE heads for a Leptospermum scoparium keatleyi, also known as a "royal pink manuka." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-Up

CLOSE-UP of a honey bee nectaring a Leptospermum scoparium keatleyi, or "royal pink manuka." The Leptospermum scoparium is also known as a tea tree; Capt. Cook used to make tea from the leaves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 5:18 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Capt. E. J. Keatley (1), Leptospermum scoparium keatleyi (3), New Zealand tea tree (3)

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