Comments on: Tiny Fuzzy Hummingbirds http://benchlandblog.com/2009/05/tiny-fuzzy-hummingbirds/ News and Views From High Above Dry Creek Valley Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:34:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tony http://benchlandblog.com/2009/05/tiny-fuzzy-hummingbirds/comment-page-1/#comment-845 Tony Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:17:43 +0000 http://benchlandblog.com/?p=1432#comment-845 Very cool! Sometimes I guess the Internet DOES work! tony Very cool! Sometimes I guess the Internet DOES work!

tony

]]> By: Jamie http://benchlandblog.com/2009/05/tiny-fuzzy-hummingbirds/comment-page-1/#comment-844 Jamie Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:51:23 +0000 http://benchlandblog.com/?p=1432#comment-844 Hey thanks! I kept meeting a little creature and couldn't name it. It looked like it was a super baby hummingbird but it was so swift! So, after much research in vain, I gave up trying and as an afterthought, typed "tiny fuzzy flying hover bug" into Google, not expecting much. BUT this page came up and yes!! It is a bee fly :-) Hey thanks!
I kept meeting a little creature and couldn’t name it. It looked like it was a super baby hummingbird but it was so swift!
So, after much research in vain, I gave up trying and as an afterthought, typed “tiny fuzzy flying hover bug” into Google, not expecting much.
BUT this page came up and yes!! It is a bee fly :-)

]]> By: Kelly http://benchlandblog.com/2009/05/tiny-fuzzy-hummingbirds/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Kelly Thu, 28 May 2009 04:46:39 +0000 http://benchlandblog.com/?p=1432#comment-471 Thanks Tony :-) Thanks Tony :-)

]]> By: Tony http://benchlandblog.com/2009/05/tiny-fuzzy-hummingbirds/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Tony Wed, 27 May 2009 16:08:14 +0000 http://benchlandblog.com/?p=1432#comment-469 Hey Kelly, Try planting a bunch of Umbelliferous plants such as cilantro, parsley, Queend Anne's lace and yarrow. Let them bloom (beautiful) and then watch as a whole bunch of cool, good, and hungry bugs (including Snakeflys) happily move into your garden. Check out this link for more info: http://www.cfgphoto.com/articles/umbellifer.html Happy Gardening! tony Hey Kelly,

Try planting a bunch of Umbelliferous plants such as cilantro, parsley, Queend Anne’s lace and yarrow. Let them bloom (beautiful) and then watch as a whole bunch of cool, good, and hungry bugs (including Snakeflys) happily move into your garden. Check out this link for more info:

http://www.cfgphoto.com/articles/umbellifer.html

Happy Gardening!

tony

]]> By: Kelly http://benchlandblog.com/2009/05/tiny-fuzzy-hummingbirds/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Kelly Wed, 27 May 2009 06:31:38 +0000 http://benchlandblog.com/?p=1432#comment-467 My garden can do with a few snake flys :-) My garden can do with a few snake flys :-)

]]> By: Tony http://benchlandblog.com/2009/05/tiny-fuzzy-hummingbirds/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Tony Tue, 26 May 2009 17:05:48 +0000 http://benchlandblog.com/?p=1432#comment-466 Hello Oscar, And I very much look forward to tasting your porto (and I'm serious about getting out to visit someday). Do you guys distribute to the U.S.? tony Hello Oscar,

And I very much look forward to tasting your porto (and I’m serious about getting out to visit someday). Do you guys distribute to the U.S.?

tony

]]> By: Tony http://benchlandblog.com/2009/05/tiny-fuzzy-hummingbirds/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Tony Tue, 26 May 2009 17:03:35 +0000 http://benchlandblog.com/?p=1432#comment-465 Hey Kelly, The Snakefly, other than simply looking extremely cool, is predacious as both adults and larvae. Adults eat aphids and small caterpillars. Larvae tend to focus more on wood borers and codling moth pupae. There are numerous Snakeflys in the garden right now, mostly hanging out in the herb beds. I haven't seen an aphid in months... tony Hey Kelly,

The Snakefly, other than simply looking extremely cool, is predacious as both adults and larvae. Adults eat aphids and small caterpillars. Larvae tend to focus more on wood borers and codling moth pupae. There are numerous Snakeflys in the garden right now, mostly hanging out in the herb beds. I haven’t seen an aphid in months…

tony

]]> By: Oscar Quevedo http://benchlandblog.com/2009/05/tiny-fuzzy-hummingbirds/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Oscar Quevedo Sat, 23 May 2009 11:10:19 +0000 http://benchlandblog.com/?p=1432#comment-463 I love this post Tony! It seems like you guys are nature lovers that also make great wine (which I still have to taste). I love this post Tony! It seems like you guys are nature lovers that also make great wine (which I still have to taste).

]]> By: Kelly http://benchlandblog.com/2009/05/tiny-fuzzy-hummingbirds/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Kelly Sat, 23 May 2009 04:18:03 +0000 http://benchlandblog.com/?p=1432#comment-462 I didn't know any of that! I think its wonderful that you plant wild flowers, which in my book deserve to have a better reputation than they have got. It looks like all these good bugs are doing a great job - You didn't mention what the snake fly does? I didn’t know any of that! I think its wonderful that you plant wild flowers, which in my book deserve to have a better reputation than they have got. It looks like all these good bugs are doing a great job – You didn’t mention what the snake fly does?

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