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| larose forest photos | profile | all galleries >> INSECTS (INSECTA) (28 Galleries) >> Miscellaneous Insects and Other Creatures >> Life on the flowers of Queen Anne's Lace | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
I spent about 30 minutes amidst a patch of Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) and watched as a myriad of insects nectared non-stop on the fresh flowers. There were flies, bees, wasps, beetles, butterflies, and ants. Ambush bugs cleverly hidden, waited for the bounty!
 Ambush bug (Phymata) |
 Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) |
 Queen Anne's Lace flower |
 Greenbottle fly (Lucilia) |
 The small stand of Queen Anne's lace |
 Banded hairstreak (Satyrium calanus) |
 Banded hairstreak (Satyrium calanus) |
 Hover fly (Sphaerophoria) |
 Potter wasp (Eumenes) |
 Crabronid wasp |
 Oriental beetle (Anomala orientalis) |
 Sand wasp (Bicyrtes) |
 Gasteruptiid wasp, female |
 Rose sawfly |
 Sphecodes wasp |
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