Jon Sullivan<p>From my wildcounts run yesterday, here are broom seed beetles (an introduced biocontrol agent) and Darwin's ants (an Australian native) feeding from rockrose flowers (native of the Mediterranean) in Christchurch, NZ. All three are wild species here.</p><p>Adult broom seed beetles are fueling up from flowers before laying their eggs on developing seed pods of the weed Scotch broom.</p><p><a href="https://inaturalist.nz/observations/247037037" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.nz/observations/24</span><span class="invisible">7037037</span></a><br><a href="https://inaturalist.nz/observations/247037038" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.nz/observations/24</span><span class="invisible">7037038</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/FlowerVisitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlowerVisitors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Christchurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christchurch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/%C5%8Ctautahi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ōtautahi</span></a></p>
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Flatbush Gardener 🌈<p>Another of my favorite species is our largest <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wasp</span></a>, Eastern cicada killer, <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Sphecius" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sphecius</span></a> speciosus. Ground-nesters, females dig out impressive mounds of dirt, often the only evidence of their presence.</p><p>Males of this species also emerge before females in the Spring. Territorial, they will also fly right at you! Again, harmless; males have no stingers.</p><p><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126702296" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/1</span><span class="invisible">26702296</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest2022" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest2022</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Macro</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photos</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FlowerVisitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlowerVisitors</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a></p>
Flatbush Gardener 🌈<p>Our largest <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bee</span></a>, the Eastern carpenter <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bee</span></a> (<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Xylocopa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Xylocopa</span></a> verginica ssp. virginica) is well-known to those in proximity to outdoor wooden structures. Females carve out long tunnels underneath protected wood, e.g. porch rails, eaves.</p><p>Males emerge first in Spring. Territorial, they will fly right at you! Harmless to us.</p><p><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129009312" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/1</span><span class="invisible">29009312</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest2022" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest2022</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Macro</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photos</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FlowerVisitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlowerVisitors</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Apidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Apidae</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bees</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Anthophila" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Anthophila</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a></p>
Flatbush Gardener 🌈<p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Colletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colletes</span></a> thoracicus, rufous-chested <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CellophaneBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CellophaneBee</span></a> (<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Colletidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Colletidae</span></a>) is another <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bee</span></a> species making its home in my <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Garden</span></a>. Ground-nesters, each generation lives just one year. I've tracked this population since 2008, 14 generations!</p><p><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41200694" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/4</span><span class="invisible">1200694</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest2022" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest2022</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Macro</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FlowerVisitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlowerVisitors</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photos</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest</span></a></p>
Flatbush Gardener 🌈<p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Eristalis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Eristalis</span></a> transversa, transverse-banded <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FlowerFly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlowerFly</span></a> (<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Syrphidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Syrphidae</span></a>) is my "spark bug". When I first noticed it in my <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Brooklyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brooklyn</span></a> backyard in 2009, I thought it was a bee! When I learned it was a <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Fly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fly</span></a> (<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Diptera</span></a>, "two-winged"), I was hooked.</p><p>When I saw how many different insects my <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NativePlants</span></a> attracted, I devoted my entire <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Garden</span></a> to <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/WildlifeHabitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WildlifeHabitat</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gardening</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98277733" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/9</span><span class="invisible">8277733</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest2022" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest2022</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Macro</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FlowerVisitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlowerVisitors</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photos</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest</span></a></p>
Flatbush Gardener 🌈<p>A beautiful native <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bee</span></a> is <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Augochlora" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Augochlora</span></a> pura, pure green <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/SweatBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SweatBee</span></a>. Like most of our <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bees</span></a>, they are tiny!</p><p>This is one of my favorites. Aside from its beauty, its one of at least 5 bee species that nest in my yard. These nest in rotting wood, provided by logs I place in my <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Garden</span></a> for this purpose.</p><p><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116978932" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/1</span><span class="invisible">16978932</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest2022" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest2022</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Macro</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FlowerVisitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlowerVisitors</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photos</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest</span></a></p>
Flatbush Gardener 🌈<p>Wow that got the most likes of any of my pachy posts so far, and quickly! So let's keep it going.</p><p>Most of my observations are from my own garden in Brooklyn, NYC. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Harmonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Harmonia</span></a> axyridis, multi-colored lady <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Beetle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Beetle</span></a> (<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Coleoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Coleoptera</span></a>), is the 2nd most common species. This one is infected with a recently described host-specific <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Fungus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fungus</span></a>: Hesperomyces harmoniae.</p><p><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120246696" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/1</span><span class="invisible">20246696</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest2022" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest2022</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Macro</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FlowerVisitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlowerVisitors</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photos</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest</span></a></p>
Flatbush Gardener 🌈<p>Happy <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest2022" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest2022</span></a>!</p><p>Most of my <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> observations, and much of my <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a>, are of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insects</span></a>, especially <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FlowerVisitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FlowerVisitors</span></a>/"<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pollinators</span></a>". (Not all who visit, pollinate. Some are hunting!)</p><p>In the spirit of the season, I'll share some fave <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Macro</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photos</span></a>.</p><p>My most frequently observed <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Species" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Species</span></a> is <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bombus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bombus</span></a> impatiens, the Eastern bumble <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bee</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139295658" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/1</span><span class="invisible">39295658</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/InverteFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InverteFest</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/BumbleBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BumbleBee</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Anthophila" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Anthophila</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bees</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a></p>
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