Desert Mallow & Bee | [ Sizes: Orig | Large | Med | Small | Thumb ] |
Taken in Red Rocks, Nevada, spring 05, by J Kent
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[ Post a Comment ]| donhaller3 | Two queries | | 
Voted 10/10 | Is this the samething as desert globemallow? Just a question.
Second thought is maybe this is a robber fly or something similar?
Really an excellent photo (which I should have said first.) | | Posted Apr 10, 2007 1:12 am |
 | | lisae | Re: Two queries | | 
Hasn't voted | Yep, the flower is also known as globe mallow. When I was learning to identify desert wildflowers, the cheat sheet I had called it desert mallow. The scientific name is Sphaeralcea ambigua.
The insect could be a robber fly; I know some varities resemble bees. But I think it was a bee.
Thanks for the compliment! | | Posted Apr 10, 2007 12:24 pm |
| | donhaller3 | Re: Two queries | |
Voted 10/10 | Thanks for the info. I'm not an authority on either issue. | | Posted Apr 11, 2007 2:28 pm |
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