Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Pictures from the garden

We're usually gone before the garden starts blooming so I'm excited to see all the color.

Local burro visits 
Deadly spines
Tarantula Hawk wasp on blooming milkweed
Has the most painful sting of all North American insects.
Bug in flower 
Palo Verde humming with bees
Tiny pincushion flower and fruit
Bee in cactus flower 
Purple 'Santa Rita' with yellow flower forming



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