In the 1980s, E. Stiles hypothesized that plants advertise fruit with a contrasting foliar “flag.” I’ve seen this phenomenon in cultivated Berberis, like this B. aquifolium (📷: Alicia CCBYNC4). Some experiments support the hypothesis; some don’t. 🤷‍♂️ #dispersal #Berberidaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

🚨 Floof Peep Alert! 🚨 #birds #becurious 🪶

Today's the day! Hope to see you at City Farmer in Vancouver this afternoon, October 4 from 1-3 pm. I'll bee selling books for $30 each and of course, I'd bee happy to sign them for you!

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Shhhh 🤫 *whispers* the moth meeting is in progress. They have very serious business to discuss.

Friends, Your input, pls? Our local county parks is having an Autumn Photo event. I’m definitely submitting this Aspen Quote Post, but I want to submit a skipper pic, too (bc bugs). The purple alfalfa or yellow rabbitbrush pic but titled “Skipper’s Last Sip.” Your thoughts?

Entomologist 1: Hmm, what should we name this one? Entomologist 2: Well, its red spots make it look as though it’s been stabbed. Twice. Entomologist 1: Perfect, we’ll call it the twice-stabbed lady beetle.

What a treat to watch this leafcutter bee bring the petals of a blanketflower back to line her nest, transforming a drainage hole into its own kind of bloom. #bees #Inverts

Never noticed how beautiful Woodland Lettuce (Lactuca floridana) flowers are, mostly cause the buds close up before my afternoon nature walk time. Made especially pretty by lots of small metallic blue carpenter bees doing #bee things. #inverts #insects #nativeplants #bugsex #macrophotography

#SundayYellow #Inverts #Bees 🐝

We are in Lethbridge, Alberta and ready to talk bees with the beeple here! See you tomorrow at 11 am at Word on the Street! #victorygardensforbees #bees

Guess where we are?

We stopped in at Prince of Wales for lunch. Lori said it was very 'Wes Anderson', and I can't disagree.

Guess where we are...

Elegant Goldenrod is one of the stars of summer 🐝 #wildflowers #nativeplants #photography 📷

Extremely interesting opinion piece by MacIvor & Irwin on "Mail-order solitary bee cocoons as a gateway for biological invasion": doi.org/10.26786/192...

A little family scene on my walk home! Cedar waxwing parent feeding its babies, producing berries from its throat like a magician making ping pong balls appear. #birds 🪶

I found a rare bee parasite! www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Ooops, the address is 2150 Maple Street. I flipped the numbers!

Hope to see you at City Farmer in Vancouver on October 4th!

Check out this wacky wasp I saw today! #InverteFest www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Sneak a peek at some of the best entries in the National History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, from a potter wasp carrying lunch home to its larvae to a three-toed sloth clinging to a fence post after successfully crossing a road. gizmodo.com/cheetahs-fea...

The bees are visiting the yard and it’s starting to feel like Fall with all of the yellows and leaves dropping off the cherry tree.

Looking forward to presenting in Lethbridge! #victorygardensforbees

pretty killer robber fly (Asilidae) from last evening, eastern SD County. saw many of these on Eriogonum

Did the Great Southeastern Pollinator Census today and was happy to welcome the first Oblique Longhorn I’ve seen in my yard, on common sneezeweed. A total teddy bear of a bee! Epimelissodes obliquus, formerly Svastra obliqua, on Helenium autumnale. #bees #nativeplants #bugsky #macrophotography

Stay nimble. 🐝🌱

It’s moulting season at Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory for songbirds as they get their flight feathers renewed for the fall and winter ahead. This young chat and adult male goldfinch are going through complex patterns of moult that will make it easier for them to fly.

The chonkiest of leafcutter bees! #bees

There are no Kings in the bumblebee kingdom, but if there were... surely he would be that king 😂 Loving that moustache/beard 👌 I've found out how to edit that horrible noise when unloading video! #SundayFunday

Hang on, my guy! 🐝

Taking a closer look at a turret bee nest and got to see the excavation in progress! A nugget of clay rose from the darkness, pushed up by Ptilothrix bombiformis backing out of her nest. 🐝 #bugsky #insects #macrophotography

A sonorous bumble bee, Bombus sonorus, visits mealy blue sage. Austin, Texas.

Digging a nest in soft sand is pretty close to trying to make a hole in water, so it’s not a surprise Bembix wasps dig lightning fast and keep testing dozens of spots before they’re satisfied. [Alameda, CA 8-16-25] #entomology #wasps

When day-glo yellow is the perfect camouflage. #spiders #bees #insects #inverts #macromonday #photography #eastcoastkin

Male Dark-veined longhorn bee (Melissodes trinodis) on prairie coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) #AnimalArtTuesday #smArtist #warm #AbstractAug #circles #eastcoastkin #macro #photography #native #bees #plants #flowers #nature #art #gardens #gardening #bloomscrolling #pollinators

Unless properly managed, Canada’s water supplies will run out. Persistent drought across Canada will be exacerbated by the rapid uptake of AI and construction of new water-hungry data centres

💛💚 (my iPhone macro-lens finally had enough of my trail-side abuse, still happy with the moments of nature I find and share with you)

Not to add to the discourse, but… It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’ It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’ It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’ It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’ It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’

The ins and outs of ecological forest management by balancing forest health and people’s needs.

Drink a little, snooze a little.🪻🐝🌱

Four native #bees this afternoon visiting Helenium (sneezeweed) blossoms,the latest of the #nativeplants in my yard to bloom. ID info in alt text. My first sighting of Halictus confusus in the yard - not an uncommon species but nice to see it. #bugsky #macrophotography

Male bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens) sheltering in morning glory flower October 2022 (edited yesterday) #stunDay #AbstractAug #swirls #swirl #eastCoastKin #macro #photography #nature #bees #pollinators #flowers #magenta #green #bloomscrolling #insects #bugs #art

Blue-eyed Leafcutter bee on false sunflower (Megachile) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #eastcoastkin #blue #native #insects #bees #nature #macro #photography #art

We are walking today rain or shine! Wear our wellies, just in case! @bcnativebees.bsky.social @bcparksfoundation.ca

I think I'll reshare this photo of a gang of hungover longhorn bees sleeping off a bender on the tattered remains of this Gaillardia flower last month. #BlueSkyArtShow #pieces (Hop on, just use both tags to be included.) #photography

Breakfast with the burrowing owlets this morning. 🪶

OK, so my #BirdoftheDay is this stunning juvenile Green Woodpecker. Looks so prehistoric! Taken just now hopping around our grass..... I mean straw #scape #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #PhotographersofBlueSky

In June, I joined a team of Birds Canada experts, volunteers and friends on a grasslands tour. Read my field trip report to learn more about how Birds Canada is using science, innovation and partnership to drive grasslands bird conservation #birds 🌿 www.birdscanada.org/field-trip-r...

Urban habitats may not be supporting as many female #bees... "Since females are the ones responsible for nest-building and and potentially #pollination, as they visit more flowers, this imbalance could have long-term effects on bee populations and the pollination services they provide." #nature