Creatures in the Garden

Title	Creatures in the Garden 57
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Photo Information	Male carpenter bee (Xylocopa varipuncta) on Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha)
Photographer	Ikeda, Kathy: UC Master Gardener Vol.
Description	Taken on June 17, 2015 at the Haagen Dasz Honey Bee Haven near the U. C. Davis campus. Male carpenter bees are seldomly seen, so it was a rare treat to find and photograph this fuzzy tan “teddy bear.” The bee’s captivating greenish eyeballs stared at me while it hugged the vibrant purple blooms of Mexican bush sage and pierced them to suck out the nectar.

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