pollen – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Western Honey Bee And Common Mullein Photos

By Mia McPherson|September 3rd, 2021|Categories: Honey Bees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: Apis mellifera, bee, bees, bloom, blooming, canyon, Common Mullein, European Honeybee, flight, flowering, flying, introduced, mountains, mullein, mulleins, non-native, nonnative, pollen, riparian zone, summer, Western Honeybee|

Both Common Mullein and the Western Honey Bee are introduced, non-native species yet I can't resist photographing them when given the opportunity.

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Late Summer White-lined Sphinx Moth Images

By Mia McPherson|September 2nd, 2021|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah, White-lined Sphinx Moths|Tags: adult, back view, Cleomella serrulata, covered, desert island, feeding, flight, flying, hovering, Hyles lineata, legs, moth, moths, native, nectaring, pink wildflowers, pollen, pollinators, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, summer, White-lined Sphinx Moth, wildflowers, xeriscaping|

Of the hundreds of White-lined Sphinx moth photos I took two days ago I picked three to share today of the moth feeding on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant.

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Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Plus a Bee in Flight

By Mia McPherson|September 5th, 2018|Categories: Box Elder County, Honey Bees, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: anthers, Apis, bee, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Cleomella serrulata, close up, flight, flowering, flying, green pollen, honey bee, pink wildflowers, pollen, pollen basket, purple wildflowers, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, wildflowers|

On Sunday I was up in Box Elder County looking for birds but I also felt I had to stop and take some images of Rocky Mountain Bee Plants that were blooming along side the road.

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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.

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