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Mylitta Crescent balancing
Our field is teeming with pollinator activity. Watching the little butterflies is always fun. Here, a Mylitta Crescent landed on the top...
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Happy Pollinator Week!
Yes, EVERY WEEK should be Pollinator week to honor those hard working creatures that are so crucial to the our well-being, as well for...
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The California natives are flourishing
It's that time of the year when all of the natives awaken from their dormant slumber. Surprises happen too. For example, when I planted...
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![The Summer Long-horned bees are here!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1eb7ff_2ca876c792e948cc8b4270d82b78e7ce~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_312,h_234,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1eb7ff_2ca876c792e948cc8b4270d82b78e7ce~mv2.webp)
The Summer Long-horned bees are here!
So excited to spot Summer Long-horned bees on one of our Seaside Woolly Sunflower Eriophyllum staechadifolium shrubs! Like clockwork,...
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![Busy Ivory-banded Digger Bees](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1eb7ff_8ad354da222045e08883ddfddb6694c1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_312,h_234,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1eb7ff_8ad354da222045e08883ddfddb6694c1~mv2.webp)
Busy Ivory-banded Digger Bees
It's so hard to photograph digger bees because they dart around so quickly, hardly landing anywhere for more than a nano-second. It was a...