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Pollinator!

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)

The Eyes Have It

The eyes have it.Look at the compound eyes of an insect. Some are colorful, some are drab. But they...

Blow Fly

EYES of the blow fly glowing red in the sunlight. This fly is perched on yarrow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey Bee

EYES of a honey bee are rimmed with hair. This worker bee is nectaring lavender (and keeping a close eye out on the photographer). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee

EYES of yellow-faced bumble bee scan the horizon. This is a Bombus vosnesenskii atop catmint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Metallic Green Sweat Bee

EYES of a metallic green sweat bee are rimmed in fluorescent green. This is a male sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus (as identified by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp of UC Davis). It is on a seaside daisy at Tomales Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Leafcutter Bee

EYES of a leafcutter bee peer over rock purslane. This is a male Megachile sp. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 8:09 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: blow fly (4), bumble bee (40), honey bee (259), insect eyes (1), leafcutter bee (16), metallic sweat bee (2)

Fly Away

God in His wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why. --Ogden Nash,...

The Fly
The Fly

THE FLY--A fly on sage, posterized through Photoshop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 6:14 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: blow fly (4), Ogden Nash (1), sage (8)

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