Sleeping Bees in the Native Patch
It was such a delight to discover sleeping bees around our mostly California garden patch this morning. Seeing these bees at rest on...
Umber Skipper and the Borage leaf
Oh how the umber skippers Poanes melane love to rest on the borage leaves. I recently purchased two borage plants because the borage we...
Longhorn Bee on Cosmic Evolution Coreopsis
This month we seem to have a lot of Longhorn Bee visitors in our mostly California native garden. Based on the regular thick bands on the...
Sleeping Summer Longhorn Bee
This male Summer Longhorn Bee Eucera , part of the Apidae group, slept in the same Cosmos bipinnatus 'Cupcakes White' blossom for several...
Life with the monarch caterpillars
Oh those funny caterpillars. These three are enjoying the buds of milkweed flowers. They must be so delicious! I know this may sound...
Pollinators and Flowers
So we started to create this garden one and a half years ago. And the pollinators come. Above is an umber skipper Poanes melane on a...
The Summer Long-Horned Bees are Back!
Look who was in a cosmos cupcake blossom this weekend. I was so happy to see this Summer Long-Horned female bee Melissodes robustior....
Success with two male monarchs
Oh, how lovely he is. Late this morning both monarchs emerged in good shape. They are both males. Monarch male number one emerged at...
Monarch chrysalides preparing to eclose
How exciting! The monarch chrysalides are preparing to eclose. These two buddies spun their silk pads, went into "j" form, and then...
