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Texas Thistle
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Stanley Jones

Texas Thistle (Cirsium texanum)

Texas Thistle (Cirsium texanum: Asteraceae) with a western honeybee (Apis milliners: Apidae) and a Kern’s Flower Scarab (Euphoria kernii: Scarabaeidae). I see two other critters but I can’t make them out.
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Habitat
Edwards Plateau, sewage ponds adjacent to the Colorado River next to the river is a riparian hackberry/elm woods and elsewhere the ponds are surrounded by open fields at 134 m (440 ft) elevation.
Location
Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Date taken
May 2023
Scientific name
Cirsium texanum
Equipment used
Canon
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bievreJJ
seems quite popular among the insects indeed, excellent photo, Stanley, love it, many tfs!!
 
Kits
Three busy creatures on this beautiful thistle, Stanley.
 

Media information

Category
Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
108
Comment count
7

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R5
Aperture
ƒ/11
Focal length
428.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1600 second(s)
ISO
1000
Filename
Texas Thistle with a western honeybee and a Kern's Scarab Beetle, Hornsby Bend Bird Observator...jpg
File size
2.1 MB
Date taken
Fri, 19 May 2023 3:01 PM
Dimensions
1024px x 985px

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