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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Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)Observer
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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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Prunus Miner Bee (Andrena prunorum)Observer
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Wasp? On seed carrots. Organic farm.
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Beewolves (Genus Philanthus)Observer
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On Carrot flowers, for seed, organic farm.
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Sand-loving Wasps (Genus Tachytes)Observer
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On carrot flowers in organic farm.
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Wohlfahrtia vigilObserver
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On carrot flowers in organic farm.
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Subgenus AnthidiumObserver
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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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Candy-striped Spider Complex (Complex Enoplognatha ovata)Observer
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On the potato plants.
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Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees (Family Megachilidae)Observer
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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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Ligated Furrow Bee (Halictus ligatus)Observer
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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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Subgenus MelanosmiaObserver
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On Red Clover, organic farm cover crop.
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus)Observer
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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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Great Basin Bumble Bee (Bombus centralis)Observer
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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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Greenbottle Flies (Genus Lucilia)Observer
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On carrots, raised for seed, on an organic farm.
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Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa)Observer
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Only a small amount of this growing in a weedy corner of the field.
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Common Fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii)Observer
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Growing like weeds in the gravel parking area.
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Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)Observer
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Weedy patch about 6' across, at the corner of the field.
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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)Observer
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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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Puncture Vine (Tribulus terrestris)Observer
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In southeast corner near field and also in the parking area.
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Tumbleweed (Salsola tragus)Observer
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Just one in the parking lot.
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Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)Observer
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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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Tall Tumblemustard (Sisymbrium altissimum)Observer
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Several of these at the northern edge of the field, which had a weedy border.
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Redstem Stork's-Bill (Erodium cicutarium)Observer
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Growing in the parking area of this organic farm.
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Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)Observer
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In the fallow field east of the carrot seed field.
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Redroot Amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus)Observer
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There was some of this mixed in across the field.
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Tiger Crane Flies (Genus Nephrotoma)Observer
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On Red Clover cover crop.
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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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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European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)Observer
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In the Pigweed/Amaranthus retroflexus.
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