My Texas Thistle bloomed while I was away and both blooms were being taken up by Kern’s Flower Scarabs. At first I thought some bees had taken residence. Apparently they’re really good pollinators, but they really haven’t moved much.
by SmugUrbanist
My Texas Thistle bloomed while I was away and both blooms were being taken up by Kern’s Flower Scarabs. At first I thought some bees had taken residence. Apparently they’re really good pollinators, but they really haven’t moved much.
by SmugUrbanist
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Yeah they like to take their time.
I also encountered this beetle for the first time this past weekend on a prickly pear blossom. It’s whole body was dusted with tiny globules of pollen
I’m all around town and I had never seen them until this year
I’ve come across them one time in the pink lady flowers. It was asleep just covered in pollen.
https://preview.redd.it/h14hkc144uxg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99d3b6223cc3a2feddcc2a8496c94a3f7c056b7e
They showed up for us on our volunteer sunflowers. Took us forever to figure out what they were.
Seems like these guys are having a really big year.