Tag Archives: Annual Fleabane
06.23.2022 Daisy Fleabane
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
07.28.2021 A favorite visitor-Eastern Calligrapher
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
11.17.2014 The Fleabane and the Fly
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