Ericameria nauseosa – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Black-footed Drone Fly On Rabbitbrush

By Mia McPherson|October 7th, 2023|Categories: Black-footed Drone Flies, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, autumn, Black-footed Drone Fly, blooming, blooms, blossoms, drone flies, drone fly, Ericameria nauseosa, Eristalis hirta, fall, flowering, foothills, hoverflies, hoverfly, native, rabbitbrush, Rubber Rabbitbrush, sky island mountains, wildflower, yellow wildflowers|

While out in the West Desert two days ago, I photographed this adult Black-footed Drone Fly, a member of the hoverfly family, on a rabbitbrush.

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Roadside Western Honey Bee and Rubber Rabbitbrush

By Mia McPherson|September 25th, 2022|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Honey Bees, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Apis mellifera, bee, bees, bloom, blooming, blossoms, Ericameria nauseosa, flowering, honey bee, honey bees, insect, native, nonnative, rabbitbrush, rabbitbrushes, roadside, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Western Honey Bee, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

I wanted to share this photo of a roadside Western Honey Bee in a Rubber Rabbitbrush this morning because when I look at it I think of fall.

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Clouded Sulphur Butterfly And Rabbitbrush

By Mia McPherson|September 29th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Clouded Sulphur Butterflies, Shrubs, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, autumn, bloom, blooming, butterflies, butterfly, close up, Clouded Sulphur, Clouded Sulphur butterfly, Colias philodice, Ericameria nauseosa, fall, feeding, flowering, nectaring, rabbitbrush, ranchlands, roadside, Rubber Rabbitbrush, sulphur, sulphurs, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

I got lucky at one rabbitbrush when I found a Clouded Sulphur butterfly nectaring on what I believe is a Rubber Rabbitbrush.

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Adult Western Meadowlark on Blooming Rabbitbrush

By Mia McPherson|September 20th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Western Meadowlarks|Tags: blooming, Ericameria nauseosa, gray rabbitbrush, meadowlark, meadowlarks, perched, rabbitbrush, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Sturnella neglecta, Western Meadowlark, wildflowers, yellow wildflower|

This Western Meadowlark perched on a blooming Rabbitbrush the first September after I had moved to Utah and I was thrilled to take this photograph on Antelope Island State Park.

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