Tag Archives: Clematis virginiana
08.20.2022 Syrphid Saturday
Don’t I wish that Syrphid Saturday could become an ongoing series. That would take some doing as, although there are over 900 Syrphid species in the U.S., as of yet I’ve only seen a handful in the yard and elsewhere. … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, Clematis virginiana, diptera, Eristalis transversa, flora, Hover Flies, insect, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Syrphid Fly, Syrphidae, Transverse Flower Fly, Virginia Virgin's Bower, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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08.23.2020-2 Great Golden Digger Wasp
I photographed these in the yard a few times on our milkweed flowers. Now I am finding them on Virgin’s Bower-Clematis virginiana growing among our elderberries behind the wood pile. They are beauties among wasps and relatively harmless…to humans…but do … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Clematis virginiana, Common Green Bottle Fly, Great Golden Digger Wasp, Hymenoptera, insect, Insect Behavior, Lucilia sericata, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Sphex ichneumoneus, Virgin's Bower, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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