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)
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Monday, February 27, 2012 at
9:57 PM
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)
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Friday, June 25, 2010 at
8:09 PM
God in His wisdom made the fly
And then forgot to tell us why.
--Ogden Nash,...
The Fly
THE FLY--A fly on sage, posterized through Photoshop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at
6:14 PM