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Honey Bee and Spotted Cucumber Beetle on Purple Coneflower
Apis mellifera and Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata
37.8741, -122.24
Field Notes
Description:
Spotted this odd couple on a purple coneflower in the UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens Old Rose Garden. They were on the flower for several hours.
Habitat:
UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens Old Rose Garden, Berkeley, CA.
Notes:
Fibonacci numbers can also be seen in the arrangement of seeds on the coneflower.
http://www.popmath.org.uk/rpamaths/rpampages/sunflower.html
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 24, 2011
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