Posts Tagged: vetch

Check Out the Pollen!

Talk about a pollen-packing bumble bee. A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, displayed quite a heavy load of orange pollen recently as it foraged on hairy vetch in the Hastings Preserve, Carmel, owned and operated by the...

Check out the heavy load of orange pollen that this yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, is packing. It is foraging on hairy vetch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Check out the heavy load of orange pollen that this yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, is packing. It is foraging on hairy vetch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

One Cool Little Moth: Schinia sueta!

Ever heard of Schinia sueta? It's a moth. We spotted this little moth, from the Noctuidae family, in a meadow at the Hastings Preserve in Carmel in early May during the BugShot Macro Photography Course, taught by Alex Wild, John Abbott and Thomas...

This moth, Schinia sueta, feeds on hairy vetch, Vicia villosa, in a meadow at Hastings Preserve, Carmel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This moth, Schinia sueta, feeds on hairy vetch, Vicia villosa, in a meadow at Hastings Preserve, Carmel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Schinia sueta is a day-flying moth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Schinia sueta is a day-flying moth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Off to the next flower! Schinia sueta foraging on hairy vetch, Vicia villosa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Off to the next flower! Schinia sueta foraging on hairy vetch, Vicia villosa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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