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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris

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There are aphids on the stem, surrounded by the "barn". They're visible in some of the photos in this iNaturalist observation.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174969490

I checked them out today. They're still at it!
https://flic.kr/p/2oV7g46

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris

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I found this weird growth on the arrowwood in my backyard. At first I thought it was a gall. Closer inspectno showed it was constructed from small bits of detritus along a stem.

I aso discovered that it's occupied by ants! I don't think they built it. They were tending aphids on the stem within the shlter of the nest.

#WhoMadeThis?!

https://flic.kr/p/2oRNwtK

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Huxley · @huxley

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CUTE BEE. HARD TO GET HOW SMALL THIS IS. FOR SCALE, IT'S SMALLER THAN THE SINGLE ALLIUM/ONION FLOWER IT'S DANGLING FROM.I ALSO JUST LIKE THE MAIN PHOTO.HTTPS://WWW.INATURALIST.ORG/OBSERVATIONS/174941465#BEES #ANTHOPHILA #MACROPHOTOGRAPHY #POLLINATORS #NATIVEPLANTS #HABITATGARDENING #URBANGARDENING #INATURALISTCC @xris

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris

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Cute bee. Hard to get how small this is. For scale, it's smaller than the single Allium/onion flower it's dangling from.

I also just like the main photo.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174941465

#Bees #Anthophila #MacroPhotography #Pollinators #NativePlants #HabitatGardening #UrbanGardening #iNaturalist

cc @darwin

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris

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iNaturalist - Observations

@futurebird @twizzt @MichaelTBacon

I'm *almost* there with the bees:
61 "Species" (Taxa) so far!

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=125348&taxon_id=630955&verifiable=any&view=species

#iNaturalist #Bees #Anthophila #HabitatGardening #Pollinators #UrbanGardening

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris

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@BsCreativeLife
Nice variety!

- Weevil (Curculionidea), a beetle/Coleoptera
- Masked bee, I think (Hylaeus), Hymenoptera
- Ailanthus webworm moth (Atteva aurea), Lepidoptera

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris

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iNaturalist - Observations

@FeralFood @thegardendude

Did somebody day "bugs"?!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=125348&taxon_id=47120&user_id=xris&verifiable=any&view=species

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris

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2/n

As gardeners, we can:
- Plant cultivars of known sex, or
-Plant multiples, as many individual plants as possible.

Where space is limited, we can:
- Grow a male in a container. I've done this with my winterberries, cultivars I bought as a matched pair.
- Recruit your neighbors to grow some! Plants and pollinators care about proximity, not property lines.

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris

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@redcrew
This is true of a lot of desirable native plants, such as hollies. Others, such as Viburnum and paw-paw, need a population to set fruit well, or at all. It's a reproductive strategy to minimize inbreeding and increase genetic diversity and adaptability in a community.
1/n

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris

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And a robin just dropped into the the backyard to pick off some perfectly ripe blueberries before I could get to them.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171275579

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris

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iNaturalist - Pride Month: Meet @xris!

For Pride Month, iNaturalist is highlighting a few LGBTQ+ iNatters. Proud to say, I am one!

https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/80828-pride-month-meet-xris

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris

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My front garden this afternoon (Sunday). Nearly all the plants visible here are native to NYC and the region. You can see one of habitat signs on the wall of my porch.

Plants in bloom in the photo are (L-R) elderberry, Viola striata, Heuchera, sedges, sundrops, Elymus, Rosa carolina, Oenothera speciosa, and spiderwort.

https://flic.kr/p/2oF9UXE

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