Tag Archives: Flower

Another Day, a Different Photograph

Posted on June 2, 2013 by the roused bear

Yesterday I posted a photo of the seed head of foxglove beardtongue, a beautiful white prairie flower.  I went back today to get a different shot. Conditions were different and I used a tripod this time.  The new shoot, not … Continue reading →

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Flies and Peony Buds

Posted on May 14, 2013 by the roused bear

Peony flower buds secrete a sugary fluid this time of year, and that fluid attracts a number of insects, especially flies and ants.  I have not heard an explanation that seems very likely to me.  I have been thinking about it and … Continue reading →

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The Purple ones are Blooming, Too

Posted on March 31, 2013 by the roused bear

Most years the purple colored crocus bloom before the yellow and white ones in our garden, and they usually beat them by a couple of days.  This year, the yellow crocus beat the purple, but only by one day. I … Continue reading →

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Basic Thripstography

Posted on June 3, 2012 by the roused bear

I spent some time yesterday photographing thrips.  Thrips are very small insects that I know little about.  They were all over the dandelion flowers. These guys are a little over a millimeter long, which puts them at about the limits … Continue reading →

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The Flower that Becomes a Puddle

Posted on May 26, 2012 by the roused bear

I spent some time photographing insects on spiderwort today.  I found myself distracted a little by the flower itself. Here is a photograph I took some time ago of spiderwort.   We have three species of spiderwort here in Iowa.  … Continue reading →

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