Show threadFlatbush Gardener 🌈Sep 8, 2025
@colinpurrington
Got my first one in my garden this afternoon. Stem gall in Helianthus.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/312488464
#GallWeek2025 #Biodiversity #NativePlants #GardenEcology #Ecology
Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

Arthropods from Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY, USA on September 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM by Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener). Gall in stalk of tall perennial *Helianthus*

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GartenpoetMay 20, 2025

🧁Rhabarber: Mehr als nur Kuchen!
Als köstliche Zutat in Kuchen oder Kompost beliebt – auch ökologisch hat #Rhabarber einiges zu bieten.
Seine imposanten Blüten locken Insekten wie den glänzenden #Rosenkäfer an. Nicht wegen Nektar oder Pollen – der frisst die Blüten gleich im Ganzen! 😲
#Rhubarb - More than just cake

👉 Was der Rhabarber für den #Naturgarten sonst noch alles leisten kann:
https://www.freisinger-gartenblog.de/rhabarber

#Biodiversität #FreisingerGartenblog
#NatureGarden #RoseChafer #GardenEcology

Rhabarberblätter und -blüte: Schnecken, Dünger, Bienenweide

Rhabarberblätter wirken als Kaliumdünger, Spritzbrühe gegen Blattläuse und Nacktschnecken-Falle. Die Blüte ist eine Insektenweide!

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Show threadFlatbush Gardener 🌈Jun 1, 2024

My last public appearance of the season is ... TODAY!

Join me for a "Pollinator Safari / Walkabout" from 1-3pm at the East 4th Street Community Garden in Kensington, Brooklyn:

"We'll "hunt" for pollinators, and other flower visitors, around the garden. As we try to identify them, we'll learn about the garden’s biodiversity and ecology."

https://flic.kr/p/ocT5Sg

#Pollinators #UrbanNature #GardenEcology #iNaturalist
#Events #Brooklyn #NYC #UrbanNaturalists #Gardens

cc: @darwin

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈May 28, 2024

My last public appearance of the season is this Saturday, June 1st!

Join me for a "Pollinator Safari / Walkabout" from 1-3pm at the East 4th Street Community Garden in Kensington, Brooklyn:

"We'll "hunt" for pollinators, and other flower visitors, around the garden. As we try to identify them, we'll learn about the garden’s biodiversity and ecology."

https://flic.kr/p/ocT5Sg

#Pollinators #UrbanNature #GardenEcology #iNaturalist
#Events #Brooklyn #NYC #UrbanNaturalists #Gardens

cc: @darwin

Show threadFlatbush Gardener 🌈May 22, 2024

@colinpurrington
Reportedly back as of an hour or so ago.

I'm busy working in the garden. Will check later. This morning I wanted to tag a BG IDer [Robert "Bob" Zuparko] on an iNat Diplazontinae observation, if they also have an account there. [He does not, that I can find.]

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214802574

#iNaturalist #BugGuide #Hymenoptera #Wasps #GardenEcology #UrbanGardens #MoarBugz

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Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasps (Subfamily Diplazontinae)

Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasps from Beverly Square East, New York, United States on May 9, 2024 at 02:34 PM by Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener). Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp (Diplazontinae) hunting on Allium leaves with Aphids present in my fron...

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HuxleyNov 25, 2023
2/N THIS SCREENSHOT LISTS ALL 65 SPECIES. SOME SUMMARY MEASURES AND METRICS:* 65 IS 30% OF THE ESTIMATED 217 BEE SPECIES BELIEVED TO BE PRESENT IN NYC.* 24 ARE KNOWN FROM ONLY A SINGLE OBSERVATION.* 37 HAVE FEWER THAN 5 OBSERVATIONS.* 9 ARE KLEPTOPARASITES, AKA BROOD PARASITES OR CUCKOO SPECIES.* 8 ARE INTRODUCED SPECIES.CC: #BEES #INATURALIST #NATURALIST #URBANNATURE #URBANNATURALIST #URBANGARDENING #HABITATGARDENING #GARDENECOLOGY #ECOLOGY #INSECTS #POLLINATORS @xris
HuxleyNov 25, 2023
1/N GIDDY TO SHARE THAT - THANKS TO ARDENT INATURALIST IDENTIFIERS - I AM NOW UP TO 65 - SIXTY-FIVE! - BEE SPECIES IN MY GARDEN. THIS, IN THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF BROOKLYN, NYC, ON LESS THAN 2,500 FT² / 232 M² / .057 ACRES.HTTPS://WWW.INATURALIST.ORG/OBSERVATIONS?PLACE_ID=125348&TAXON_ID=630955&USER_ID=XRIS&VERIFIABLE=ANY&VIEW=SPECIESCC: #BEES #INATURALIST #NATURALIST #URBANNATURE #URBANNATURALIST #URBANGARDENING #HABITATGARDENING #GARDENECOLOGY #ECOLOGY #INSECTS #POLLINATORS @xris
Show threadFlatbush Gardener 🌈Nov 25, 2023

2/n This screenshot lists all 65 species. Some summary measures and metrics:

* 65 is 30% of the estimated 217 bee species believed to be present in NYC.
* 24 are known from only a single observation.
* 37 have fewer than 5 observations.
* 9 are kleptoparasites, aka brood parasites or cuckoo species.
* 8 are introduced species.

cc: @darwin

#Bees #iNaturalist #Naturalist #UrbanNature #UrbanNaturalist #UrbanGardening #HabitatGardening #GardenEcology #Ecology #Insects #Pollinators

Flatbush Gardener 🌈Nov 25, 2023

1/n Giddy to share that - thanks to ardent iNaturalist identifiers - I am now up to 65 - SIXTY-FIVE! - bee species in my garden. This, in the geographic center of Brooklyn, NYC, on less than 2,500 ft² / 232 m² / .057 acres.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=125348&taxon_id=630955&user_id=xris&verifiable=any&view=species

cc: @darwin

#Bees #iNaturalist #Naturalist #UrbanNature #UrbanNaturalist #UrbanGardening #HabitatGardening #GardenEcology #Ecology #Insects #Pollinators

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Bees from Flatbush Gardener's Garden, NY, US by Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)

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Show threadFlatbush Gardener 🌈Jul 5, 2023

And a robin just dropped into the the backyard to pick off some perfectly ripe blueberries before I could get to them.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171275579

#Ecology #GardenEcology #Birds #UrbanNature #HabitatGardening #Gardening #Naturalist #iNaturalist

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

American Robin from Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY, USA on July 5, 2023 at 05:13 PM by Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener). eating blueberries in my backyars

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