Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: Checkerbloom

This is a close-up of a Longhorn Bee (genus Melissodes) curled up inside a Checkerbloom Thanks to Phil Huntley-Franck for identification information!

I found this dead Longhorn Bee (genus Melissodes) curled up inside this Evening Primrose. What a beautiful place to end your days. Thanks to Phil Huntley-Franck for identification information!

This is an extreme close-up of a Longhorn Bee (genus Melissodes) curled up inside a Checkerbloom Thanks to Phil Huntley-Franck for identification information!

This image was taken during the MeetUp hike around one edge of Howard Prairie Lake on August 7, 2011.

I found this dead Longhorn Bee (genus Melissodes) curled up inside this Evening Primrose. What a beautiful place to end your days. Thanks to Phil Huntley-Franck for identification information!

What could get better than finding not one but TWO beautiful Ornate Checkered Beetles on this gorgeous Oregon Checker Mallow?! This pair was so busy eating pollen that they paid no attention to me and I was able to take as many pictures as I wanted! I've always been happy that these beautiful beetles are so common here, because I see them all the time. Their scientific name, "Trichodes" means "fuzzy" and I couldn't agree more with that name! They appear smooth if you don't get a close look, but through a macro lens, it's amazing how hairy they are--you can see the pollen sticking to all the fuzzy hairs on their bodies! These beetles are native to North America, and more common in the western half of the U.S.

[Please scroll down to see 3 more pictures! :D] These lovely flowers grow all over our property and I smile every time I see them because they are so pretty. Naturally, I couldn't stop taking pictures, and I hope you enjoy the series below! Dwarf Checkerbloom has a group of over ten subspecies, all of which grow in the Pacific Northwest from Washington to Baja, California. Some species are cultivated as garden flowers and can be found for sale in seed form. If you would like to know more about this flower, Wiki has a small source here: Wiki: Checkerbloom (Sidalcea malviflora) By the way, I've uploaded two other pictures today and I hope you'll visit them too! Thanks to all of you who have visited and have left comments and favorites! I try to go to all of your pages within a day or two and is a highlight for me to see your beautiful photography! :)

(I originally planned to make this picture the first in my presentation of this flower but decided to make it second after I uploaded it--that's why this one shows up before the originally published image, which is the next picture) These lovely flowers grow all over our property and I smile every time I see them because they are so pretty. Naturally, I couldn't stop taking pictures, and I hope you enjoy the series below! Dwarf Checkerbloom has a group of over ten subspecies, all of which grow in the Pacific Northwest from Washington to Baja, California. Some species are cultivated as garden flowers and can be found for sale in seed form. If you would like to know more about this flower, Wiki has a small source here: Wiki: Checkerbloom (Sidalcea malviflora)