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Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, excluding the drier parts of the prairies. [ 4 ]
Nuptial flight is an important phase in the reproduction of most ant, termite, and some bee species. [1] It is also observed in some fly species, such as Rhamphomyia longicauda . During the flight, virgin queens mate with males and then land to start a new colony, or, in the case of honey bees , continue the succession of an existing hived colony.
Unlike butterflies, bee flies hold their proboscis straight, and cannot retract it. Many Bombyliidae superficially resemble bees and accordingly the prevalent common name for a member of the family is bee fly. [2] Possibly the resemblance is Batesian mimicry, affording the adults some protection from predators.
A large swarm of honey bees. My father is a bee keeper, and bees swarm in spring (Australia) so naturally I took a shot. There is an incredible number of bees in this swarm. Support. Self Nom. --Fir0002 08:53, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC) Support. Nice and big chunk of bees -- Chris 73 Talk 09:01, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC) Oppose. Not clean or crisp enough to be ...
Most easily propagated by seed. The primary pollinators are bees and wasps, rather than butterflies. [9] Sown outdoors after frost, a plant will flower and produce seed in the third year. It is difficult to transplant once established, as it has a deep, woody taproot. [10] [11]
Many migrating butterflies fly at low altitudes. The airspeeds in this region are typically lower than the flight speed of the insect, allowing them to travel against the wind if need be. These 'boundary-layer' migrants include the larger day-flying insects, and their low-altitude flight is easier to observe than that of most high-altitude ...
Bombus pascuorum, the common carder bee, is a species of bumblebee present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, roads, and field margins, as well as gardens and parks in urban areas and forests and forest edges.