I've been letting one Canada Thistle grow in my wildflower garden for
the last few seasons. The goldfinches love the seeds and around this
time of year will take the thistle down for their nests. This year,
though, the bugs killed the thistles before they were even a few feet
tall. (Once the bugs got to be more than a few feet tall they moved on
to other stuff...)
On 8/18/2015 11:20 PM, Knarf wrote:
I'd never heard of a Canada thistle until now but it looks like it. Add it to
the wonderful species named after our wonderful land. Sheesh!
Apparently they're quite the nasty weed.
Thanks for the comment - and for the botany lesson!
Cheers,
frank
On 18 August, 2015 5:00:51 PM EDT, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote:
Nice one, Frank. Is that a Canada Thistle?
On 8/17/2015 7:53 PM, frank theriault wrote:
Yeah, I know, it sounds like an English pub. Couldn't resist:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/08/bumblebee-and-thistle.html
BTW those more-or-less parallel white lines on the upper right are a
spider web, which the bee just ploughed right through. Takes more
than
a web to get between a bumblebee and her nectar, I guess.
Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
cheers,
frank
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