Tag Archives: Annual Fleabane

06.23.2022 Daisy Fleabane

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Steve Gingold

This has been a great year for Daisy or Annual Fleabane-Erigeron annuus and especially here in the yard.  Everywhere locally really.  It attracts a fair number of insects besides those wonderful hover flies. We had rain most of the day … Continue reading →

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07.28.2021 A favorite visitor-Eastern Calligrapher

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Do you have a favorite fly?  How about a favorite Hoverfly? This is mine.  These are tiny pollinators that do indeed hover.  They can fly backwards, maybe other flies do also, and their wings often iridesce. There is just a … Continue reading →

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11.17.2014 The Fleabane and the Fly

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Steve Gingold

Yesterday Steve Scwartzman posted a Hover Fly image and suggested I post one that I mentioned in comment.  This is an oldie, from 2008, that I made along my driveway. Hover, Flower or Syrphid Fly (Toxomerus marginatus) on a Daisy or … Continue reading →

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