Ray Cannon's Blog @rcannon992 - Tumblr Blog

Royal Botanical Gardens of Madrid

#bonsai #Flowers #frogs #gardens #Madrid #Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid #Royal Botanical Gardens of Madrid

Carpenter bees: big enough to get into Bear's breeches!

#Acanthus flowers #Acanthus mollis #Bear’s Breeches #Carpenter bees #Pollinators #violet carpenter bee #Xylocopa violacea

Flowers that change colour when pollinated

The flowers of many different plant species change colour at some point during their lives. In some species this change coincides with the availability of nectar, in others it occurs later on, as a signal to discourage pollinator visitation. In other words, a change in colour signals to pollinators that the flower has already been visited and pollinated. In most species, the colour change is…

#Aesculus hippocastanum #floral colour changes #floral guide spots #floral guides #flower clusters #flowering #Forget-me-not flowers #horse chestnut #inflorescence #Lantana flowers #nectar #petals #pollen #Pollinators #signals

Why are some young leaves red?

#Acer pseudoplatanus.#anthocyanin #anthoyanins #chlorophyll #common holly #green leaves #Ilex aquifolium #leaves #photosynthesis #phytoprotection #sycamore

Nesting queen bumblebees

#Bombus terrestris #Buff-tailed bumblebee #bumblebee queens #Bumblebees #egg development #hibernation #nest searching #overwintering

Understanding Oak Gall Wasps and Their Ecosystems

Chance and selection: not fit enough, or just unlucky?

#"survival of the fittest"#Anthophora plumipes #Fabricius&039; Nomad Bee #fitness #Hairy-footed flower bees #Lace-webbed spider #masonry bees #mining bees #Nomad bees #Nomada fabriciana #parsitism #predation #Predator-prey #stone walls #tube web spiders

How AI Tools Describe Bees and Flowers' Mutual Benefit

#AI agents #AI generated images #AI tools #AI websites #blogs #co-evolution #large language models #LLMs #mutualisms

Unique Courtship Behaviour of Hairy-footed Bees: pouncing, hugging and harassing!

#Anthophora plumipes #courtship behaviour #foraging #hairy mid-legs #Hairy-footed bees #Hairy-footed flower bee #Harassment #mating #mining bees #nectar #pheromone #protandry

A carrot by the castle!

#Apiaceae #Daucus carota #Daucus carota subsp. carota #Daucus carota subsp. gummifer #environment #nature #Scarborough Castle #Sea carrot #umbellifers #Wild Carrot

A carrot by the castle!

#Apiaceae #Daucus carota #Daucus carota subsp. carota #Daucus carota subsp. gummifer #Scarborough Castle #Sea carrot #umbellifers #Wild Carrot

Sea daffodils waiting for their hawk moths

Sea daffodill (Pancratium maritimum) with spider The Sea daffodil (Pancratium maritimum) is a Mediterranean plant which also extends out along the Atlantic coasts of Portugal, Spain and France. They typically grow on sandy soils such as on beach dunes near the sea. They flower in the summer, producing a stong lily scent which is most aromatic at night. The bulbs of this Amaryllidaceous…

View On WordPress

#daffodil #Galicia #hawk moth #Pancratium maritimum #Sea daffodil

Cow pat foray

#Cheilymenia (Coprobia) granulata #coprophagous #cowpat #Cowpat Gem #cows #dung #Face Flies #green bottles #Lucilia sericata #Mesembrina meridiana #Musca autumnalis #Musca autumnalis #Noon fly #Scathophaga stercoraria #stable flies #Trypocopris pyrenaeus var. coruscans #yellow dung fly

Testing Google AI on bumblebee tongue lengths!

#AI #AI-powered search engines #Artificial intelligence #Bombus #Bumblebees #Google AI #long-tongued #proboscis #short-tongued #tongue #tongue lengths

The fab four! Overwintering adult butterflies in the UK

#Aglais urticae #bivoltine #Brimstone #Climate change #Comma #diapause #dormancy #European Peacock #global warming #Gonepteryx rhamni #hibernation #Inachis io #overwinter #phenology #Polygonia c-album #Small Tortoiseshell #univoltine

Leave only footprints: scent marks left by bees

It is well established that bumblebees and honeybees leave chemical footprints everywhere they walk: footprints that other bees can detect, rather like a dog sniffing out the scent trail of another canine. In fact, the analogy is quite a good one, because like dogs, bees (and other insects) can tell a lot about other individuals from their scent marks. Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on field…

#Apis mellifera #Bumblebee #cuticular hydrocarbons #epicuticular waxes #foraging #Honey bee #honeybee #lipids #poillinator #scent marks

Aphidophagy: feeding on aphids

View On WordPress

#alates #Aphidophagy #Aphis fabae #Coccinella septempunctata #Coccinellidae #Common maple aphids #Common periphyllus aphids #fundatrices #parthenogenesis.#Periphyllus testudinaceus #Seven-spot ladybird #viviparous

Trending Blogs

Recently Viewed Blogs

Ray Cannon's Blog