Green lacewing. Glendale, Arizona.
Tag: Glendale
Green lacewing egg. The stalk is only about 0.5 cm long, so the egg itself is very small indeed.
In Glendale, Arizona.
Green lacewing (Family Chrysopidae) on bauhinia, Glendale, Arizona.
Vine.
Fig leaves.
At Sahauro Ranch, Glendale, Arizona.
Desert floral, No. 3.
Wooly butterflybush (Buddleja marrubiifolia), at the Glendale Main Library Xeriscape Demonstration Garden, Glendale, Arizona.
Desert floral, No. 2.
Red yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora), at the Glendale Main Library Xeriscape Demonstration Garden, Glendale, Arizona.
Desert floral, No. 1.
Prickly pear bud, at the Glendale Main Library Xeriscape Demonstration Garden, Glendale, Arizona.
Sleepyhead.
A little bee (probably
Diadasia diminuta)
sleeping in a desert globemallow flower (Sphaeralcea ambigua). Members of the Diadasia are sometimes called chimney bees, for the turreted entrances they construct for their underground nests. This species specializes on globemallow pollen.
At the xeriscape garden at the Glendale Main Library, Glendale, Arizona.
Spine studies.
Dithyramb 