Show threadFlatbush Gardener 🌈Apr 29, 2024

Last day/hours for City Nature Challenge!

I'm not attending any scheduled events today. But I'll be bopping by Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1. Perfect weather for a Bee Quest for Habropoda laboriosa, Blueberry Digger Bee.

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bee-quest-habropoda-laboriosa-blueberry-digger-bee

#CityNatureChallenge #CNC2024 #NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #Bees #Anthophila #BrooklynBridgePark #iNaturalist #UrbanNature #UrbanNaturalist #AmNaturizing
cc: @darwin

Bee Quest: Habropoda laboriosa, Blueberry Digger Bee

Combined search for both the [Blueberry Digger Bee, *Habropoda laboriosa*](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blueberry-digger-bee-habropoda-laboriosa), and its [flowering host plants](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/host-plants-for-habropoda-laboriosa-blueberry-digger-bee): *Vaccinum* sp., *Lupinus* sp., and *Cercis* sp.

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Flatbush Gardener 🌈Apr 27, 2024

I hope you'll be happy to hear I documented some *teeny* ants today for NYC's City Nature Challenge, @futurebird

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210309851

#CityNatureChallenge #CNC2024 #NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #Ants #Formicidae #iNaturalist #UrbanNature #UrbanNaturalist #AmNaturizing

cc: @darwin

Trailing, Pharaoh, and Timid Ants (Genus Monomorium)

Trailing, Pharaoh, and Timid Ants from Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, NY, USA on April 27, 2024 at 11:48 AM by Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener). tiny ants!

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Show threadFlatbush Gardener 🌈Apr 15, 2024

Within minutes after posting the above, I had *two* in my front yard at the same time. I had my camera at the ready. One obliged by spending time with the violets.

Not fritillaries, but American Lady butterflies, Vanessa virginiensis.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207459820
#iNaturalist #Butterflies #HabitatGardening #UrbanNaturalist
cc: @darwin

American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)

American Lady from Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY, USA on April 15, 2024 at 04:24 PM by Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener). I think. Nectaring on *Viola sororia priceana* in my front yard. 1 of 2 in the garden at the sam...

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Show threadFlatbush Gardener 🌈Apr 15, 2024
At least a dozen. I've stopped counting.
Major garden chores done. Now I can relax a bit and lie in wait to get a pictore of one!
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Flatbush Gardener 🌈Apr 11, 2024

Everything around the house has been trampled and compacted from the restoration project. Trying seeds to get as many plants as I can, including annuals, to fill in.

Finally started seeds I should have started weeks ago:
- Corydalis flavula, Yellow Corydalis, an annual
- Cuphea viscosissima, Clammy Waxweed, an annual
- Monarda fistulosa, Bee Balm

I've got other seeds stratifying in the fridge. Again, weeks late, but we'll see what happens.

#NativePlants #HabitatGardening #UrbanNaturalist

Flatbush Gardener 🌈Apr 1, 2024

I dreamt I found a whip scorpion hiding between the bricks of my porch.*

I would love to find a whip scorpion hiding between the bricks of my porch.

* This dream inspired by yesterday observing this mason bee investigating the gaps in mortar between the bricks to find a nesting site for the year.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204931098

#Bugs #Bees #WildBees #iNaturalist #UrbanNature #BuiltEnvironment #UrbanBees #Naturalist #UrbanNaturalist

cc: @darwin

Mason Bees (Genus Osmia)

Mason Bees from Beverly Square East, New York, United States on March 31, 2024 at 05:35 PM by Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener). Medium-sized dark bee - *Osmia*? - checking out the broken mortar along my brick porch.

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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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