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Pollinator!
When you see the blow fly (below), what do you think?Well, that depends on who you are and what you do--or maybe your earliest negative/positive insect recollections. If you hate flies, particularly blow flies, and you despise their larvae (maggots), your response is probably "Yecch!" If you're an...
Blow fly on a New Zealand tea tree (Leptospermum scoparium). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Blow fly gathering nectar from New Zealand tea tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tea for Two
In a way, it's "tea for two."The New Zealand tea tree, Leptospermum scoparium, aka "manuka," "tea tree," and "Leptospermum," is a favorite of the light brown apple moth AND honey bees.We captured images of bees on Leptospermum scoparium keatleyi recently in Sausalito. (No, we didn't see any light...
Leptospermum
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