Cloudview and Bumble bee Atlas
This is an organic farm that I used after not finding Bumble bees at any of the other sites I picked out for my first attempt counting Bumble bees for the PNW Bumble Bee Atlas. Plenty of diversity. This is a small field surrounded by organic apple orchards. Currently it is planted with two different things, some kind of specialty carrots for seed and a Red Clover cover crop on the rest. The Bumble bees were only two types--B. fervidus and B. centralis and they stuck to the Red Clover. The carrot flowers pulled in a wide variety of bees, wasps and flies. The Colorado Potato Beetles were in some potatoes that seemed to be volunteers, maybe leftovers from the previous year.
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Δορυφόρος Της Πατάτας (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)Παρατηρητής
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Larvae? Caterpillar? These things were eating what seemed to be a potato or Solanaceae species in an organic farm.
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Ταχύτης (Γένος Tachytes)Παρατηρητής
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On carrot flowers in organic farm.
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Ανθήδιο (Υπογένος Anthidium)Παρατηρητής
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Seemed like I only saw one of these. She was patroling and zooming around with occasional stops to refuel. She stayed in the part of the field that was full of Red Clover flowers.
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Μεγαχειλίδες (Οικογένεια Megachilidae)Παρατηρητής
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This is bamboo used to staking plants at an organic farm. The bees seem to be using them for homes.
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there was a loose patch of yarrow, Achillea millefolium, in one corner of the field, about 6' across.
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There were more than a dozen of these workers plus one, possibly two, Queens working the Red Clover cover crop in this organic farm.
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Catch, chill and release for the PNW Bumble Bee Atlas Project. She was the only red-tailed bee I saw in 45 minutes. She was also only interested in the Red Clover cover crop on this organic farm.
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Λουσίλια (Γένος Lucilia)Παρατηρητής
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On carrots, raised for seed, on an organic farm.
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Only a small amount of this growing in a weedy corner of the field.
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Αχιλλέα Η Χιλιόφυλη (Achillea millefolium)Παρατηρητής
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Weedy patch about 6' across, at the corner of the field.
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Αμερικανική Γερακίνα (Buteo jamaicensis)Παρατηρητής
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This hawk was being chased by a crow. It landed on the wind machine used for frost control.
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Τριβόλι (Tribulus terrestris)Παρατηρητής
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In southeast corner near field and also in the parking area.
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Δορυφόρος Της Πατάτας (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)Παρατηρητής
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Smaller larvae than other ones from same day. On potato, Solanum tuberosum. Another photo showing damage by the beetle larvae.
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Several of these at the northern edge of the field, which had a weedy border.
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Ερωδιός Ο Κωνιόμορφος (Erodium cicutarium)Παρατηρητής
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Growing in the parking area of this organic farm.
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In the fallow field east of the carrot seed field.
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Βλήτο Το Ανακάμπτον (Amaranthus retroflexus)Παρατηρητής
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There was some of this mixed in across the field.
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Μέλισσα (Apis mellifera)Παρατηρητής
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There were several Honey Bees in this field. No sign of their hive in view of the field. They stuck to the carrot flowers.
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Ευρωπαϊκή Σφήκα (Polistes dominula)Παρατηρητής
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In the Pigweed/Amaranthus retroflexus.
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