Showing posts with label insects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insects. Show all posts

Science: Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way

Friday, September 2, 2022

Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash
Note: not the nocturnal variety
Homo sapiens aren't the only astronomers. 

Dung beetles are, too. New research shows that the insect navigates using the Milky Way and may be capable of recognizing broad features within the galactic plane. 

Get the full story @ Spaceweather.com Friday, September 2, 2022



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Gloria's Insects: No, silly photog, I am not a long-eared lepidopteran,

Sunday, August 28, 2022

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler
 

I'm a Woodland Skipper and those are my wingtips!

(Gotta say, I also admire Skipper's antennae!

--Gloria Z. Nagler




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Gloria's Insects: "What great big eyes you have, Grandma!"

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

Little Red Riding Hood would be impressed with this Blow Fly (or Green Bottle Fly -- a type of blow fly -- my best guess), no?

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Gloria's Insects: Some bury their heads in the sand, while others...

Friday, August 5, 2022

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

find something that tastes better. 


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Gloria's Insects: Git outta here, Sylvester!

Saturday, July 16, 2022


Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

I called dibs before we took off this morning! (Western Yellow Jackets in a territorial dispute:)

--Gloria Z. Nagler




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Gloria's Insects: Ballerina Bumblebee

Thursday, July 7, 2022

 
Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler
Yellow Bumblebee -- common in PNW -- in our backyard the other day practicing her demi-plie:)

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Gloria's Insects: FYI, if I'm ever presented with the opportunity to have antennae,

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

these are the ones I want!

(Consulted several guides but can't i.d. her... maybe a kind of Borer? Saw her on a fence post the other day.)

--Gloria Z. Nagler




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Gloria's Insects: Love in the Afternoon

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler


(On the outside wall of our house. They remained in this position for at least ten minutes! My best guess is March Flies. Funny, the things you notice when you're a photog:)

--Gloria Z. Nagler




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Photo:Poem Lavender and the Bee

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

The busy bees
love my lavender
They are on it all the time
Drinking up the pollen
when the weather is sublime.

Jemverse poem



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How doth the little busy bee

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Krista's bee diving deep into the lithodora on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
Photo by Jo Simmons

How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!

--Isaac Watts



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Beehives at Ballinger Commons

Sunday, May 29, 2022

Patrick Moore of Alvéole Beekeeping at.Ballinger Commons

Story and photo by Larry Lowery

“Bee-ing” at Ballinger Commons: Patrick Moore of Alvéole Beekeeping transfers a drone (stingless) bee to a resident of Ballinger Commons during an installation of two new beehives at the Shoreline apartment complex Friday, May 27. 

The bees will pollinate flowers and vegetables in the complex’s new garden for residents of the 77-acre site. 

In the background, Lauree Scheiber, regional manager of Security Properties Residential, holds one of the nearly twenty bee-covered frames, which are inside the new hives. 

About 30 tenants attended the installation, during which Moore spoke about bees, their lifestyles, and importance to earth. The community garden is along First Avenue, in a space that until several years ago, housed a pond and pumping station for nearby Holyrood Cemetery. 

The transformation of the space into an asset for residents was the brainchild of property manager Kimberly Travis who distributed seeds for planting to residents during the event. Friday’s event was followed by a community barbecue at the Ballinger Commons Clubhouse.

Ballinger Commons is owned by the King County Housing Authority. It is bounded by 205th, 1st NE, Meridian N, and 195th. It has 485 units in close to 25 buildings on the 77 acre site.



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Gloria's Insects: Existential interlude...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler


(This is likely a horntail wasp, a/k/a wood wasp. No stinger, so a harmless creature. She wandered around the top of a fence post for minutes, seemingly in a quandary as to what to do; then the abyss got her attention.)

--Gloria Z Nagler



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Gloria's Insects: "Indecision may or may not be my problem,"

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

 
Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

mumbled Betty Bumblebee when faced with two perfect blossoms…

(Well, OK, Jimmy Buffett said it first:)

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Gloria's Insects: Welp, a departing Tri-colored Bumblebee was the best I could do

Sunday, May 15, 2022

 
Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

this week at the community garden -- very few bees! Fingers crossed that more show up soon!

--Gloria Z. Nagler



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Learn how to Build a Backyard Bug Hotel at Kruckeberg Botanic Garden

Sunday, April 10, 2022


Photo courtesy
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden
Build a Backyard Bug Hotel
April 16, 2022 | 10:30 am

Garden Director Joe Abken will demonstrate how to create a backyard bug hotel out of upcycled materials. 

Bug hotels are a great way to shelter beneficial insects and other garden critters.

Classes fill up fast and pre-registration is required.

Members $25 | Non-members $35

Register Here

Become a member of KBG here




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Photos: Bloom and Bee

Thursday, April 7, 2022

 

Photo by Steven H. Robinson

The early flowers are blooming and the honeybees are buzzing.



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Gloria's Insects: Buccaneers of Buzz!

Friday, March 11, 2022

 
Photo copyright Gloria Z Nagler


Bees are Black, with Gilt Surcingles --
Buccaneers of Buzz.
Ride abroad in ostentation
And subsist on Fuzz.

-- Emily Dickinson, lover of bees



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Gloria's Insects: Sure, photog, the flower's splendid,

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Photo copyright Gloria Z Nagler

but it's my sublime proboscis we should all focus on!

(Hetty Honeybee is splendidly sublime herself! Yay, bees!)

--Gloria Z Nagler




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Bumbles and daffodils

Sunday, March 6, 2022

 
Photo by Jo Simmons

There's something so endearing about the roly-poly bumble with his loud buzz and bumbling ways. 

Which came first clumsy-looking bee or bumbling human?

--Diane Hettrick



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It's time to remove invasive weeds

Saturday, March 5, 2022


Now is the time remove many types of invasive weeds! Wetter soils make it easier to remove roots from the ground.

Many bulkier weeds, like blackberry and morning glory, have died back a bit. This means there is less plant matter to remove.

Yellow jackets, hornets, and bees should be dormant at this time, making it safer to work.

Learn methods for effective removal with our Gardening Webinar on Identifying and Removing Invasive Weeds: www.shorelinewa.gov/naturalyardcare

Contact the Garden Hotline for free, 1:1 advice on how get rid of invasive plants in your yard. www.gardenhotline.org

--City of Shoreline



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