native – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Cutest Bee Flies in the World on Rabbitbrush & Curlycup Gumweed

By Mia McPherson|September 15th, 2018|Categories: Bee Flies, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: Anastoechus, Bee Flies, Bee Fly, Bombyliinae, Curlycup Gumweed, cute, fuzzy, Grindelia squarrosa, Gumweed, native, nectaring, parasite, rabbitbrush, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

I photographed some of the cutest, fuzzy Bee Flies in the world this week nectaring on Rabbitbrush and Curlycup Gumweed in the Stansbury Mountains of the West Desert.

Blooming Desert Globemallows – Orange Wildflowers That Brighten the Desert

By Mia McPherson|May 22nd, 2018|Categories: Box Elder County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Apricot globe-mallow, Apricot mallow, arid, bees, desert, Desert Globemallow, Desert mallow, drought-tolerant, native, native bees, nectar, orange wildflowers, perennial, pollen, Sphaeralcea ambigua, Spiral Jetty, wildflower, wildflowers|

The wildflowers I photographed are Desert Globemallows (Sphaeralcea ambigua) and they were blooming abundantly on the road to the jetty, I don't think I have seen so many of them in full bloom before.

Peppervine ~ Common but Delightful

By Mia McPherson|February 15th, 2012|Categories: Florida, Sawgrass Lake Park, Wildflowers|Tags: Ampelopsis arborea, bird attracting, bokeh, Florida, native, nature, Peppervine, Sawgrass Lake Park, vine, vines, wildflowers|

Although Peppervine is considered a problem by some people because of their growth habit I think in the natural setting of Saw Grass County Park it fits in quite wonderfully.