Life On A Quarter Acre

Species visiting Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)

select * from observations where pollinating_level='s_id' and pollinating=441
Xysticus sp.
(Ground Crab Spiders)
10 Jun 2024

On buckwheat flower

Male

Tachinidae
(Bristle Flies)
10 Jun 2024
On buckwheat flower
Gymnosoma sp.
12 Jun 2024
On Parsnipflower Buckwheat (Eriogonum heracleoides) flowers
Phyciodes cocyta
(Northern Crescent)
13 Jun 2024

On Parsnipflower Buckwheat

Confirmed by Merrill Peterson, the of Pacific Northwest Insects

Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
18 Jun 2024
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
19 Jun 2024
On Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
19 Jun 2024
On Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Ancistrocerus sp.
19 Jun 2024
On Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Tachinidae
(Bristle Flies)
18 Jun 2024
On Parsnipflower Buckwheat (Eriogonum heracleoides) flowers
Phyciodes cocyta
(Northern Crescent)
20 Jun 2024
On Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Albuna pyramidalis
(Fireweed Clearwing Moth)
21 Jun 2024
On Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Lepturobosca chrysocoma
(Yellow Velvet Beetle)
22 Jun 2024
On Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
22 Jun 2024

On Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers

Male

Anastrangalia laetifica
(Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle)
23 Jun 2024
For the last week or so, males have been flying madly patrolling for females. Well, at least one female arrived today, and a male found her. The males are hard to photograph while they're searching for females. But while they are mating, they don' ...
Polistes aurifer
(Golden Paper Wasp)
23 Jun 2024
On Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Ancistrocerus sp.
23 Jun 2024
On Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
24 Jun 2024
On Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Syrphini
26 Jun 2024
On parsnipflower buckwheat flowers