Bug Squad

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The Meeting

November 17, 2008

Last Saturday the rock purslane in our bee friendly garden drew a honey bee, several hover flies and one spotted cucumber beetle.

A hover fly landed on a blossom, only to find a spotted cucumber beetle there first.

SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE--A spotted cucumber beetle feeds on nectar in a rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) — Spotted cucumber beetle

THE MEETING--A hover fly (left) encounters a spotted cucumber beetle on a rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) — The Meeting