Category Archives: Flowers

A Bee, A Bug and a Flower

A single Morning Glory blossom was open along the causeway on a recent cold morning.

Spotted Cucumber Beetle and Bee on Morning Glory
Spotted Cucumber Beetle and Bee on Morning Glory

A Spotted Cucumber Beetle and a Bee worked it over, inside and out.

Spotted Cucumber Beetle and Bee on Morning Glory
Spotted Cucumber Beetle and Bee on Morning Glory

I don’t know if this beetle ate the holes in the flower or if something else already had a snack.

Spotted Cucumber Beetle and Bee on Morning Glory
Spotted Cucumber Beetle and Bee on Morning Glory

The beetle wasn’t one bit bothered being followed around.

Spotted Cucumber Beetle and Bee on Morning Glory
Spotted Cucumber Beetle and Bee on Morning Glory

Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
November 19, 2023

Condensed from Wikipedia: Diabrotica undecimpunctata, the spotted cucumber beetle or southern corn rootworm, is a species of cucumber beetle that is native to North America. The species can be a major agricultural pest insect in North America, causing damage to crops in the larval and adult stages of their life cycle. These beetles consume over fifty different types of crops and wild plants, including corn, peanuts, beans, apples, cherries, clovers, lettuce, and potatoes.

Morning Posies

Around Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, morning of June 16th.

I liked the imperfection at the top of this bloom.

Swamp Sunflower
Swamp Sunflower

A thistle, with such an interesting shape and so many textures.

Thistle
Thistle

I’ve always liked the alien look of the Button bush flowers, but they have taken on a new feel in the post-COVID world after we’ve seen so many magnified viruses.

Button Bush
Button Bush

Many of the older Magnolia trees don’t seem to have bloomed as well this year as I remember. This was a good specimen.

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Magnolia Bloom

I don’t know what this is, but I do like it.

Pretty Pink Something
Pretty Pink Something

Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston, SC
June 16, 2023