Thomas Peterson © 2025-06-25 Blanket Flowers - Arizona Red? TMPr5k2w-59436-5
Blanket Flowers
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© 2025-06-25
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Gaillardia also known as Blanket Flowers brings warm yellows golds and bold colour that brightens any sunny garden. A tough long flowering perennial that feels as vibrant as a Frida Kahlo skirt 🌸
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3x4 two red and yellow flowers, focused foreground overlapping unfocused background.
Blanketflowers
(Genus Gaillardia)
Yesterday
in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood
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📸 Olympus OM-3 90mm ISO200 f13 1/250 AK diffuser
The photo captures a Black-eyed Susan in vivid detail, its golden-yellow petals radiating from a dark, textured center. Perched atop the flower’s central disk is a hoverfly, easily recognized by its large, pale green eyes and yellow-and-black striped body that mimics a bee. Its legs cling to the flower as fine grains of yellow pollen dust its head and thorax. In the background, a soft blur of more Black-eyed Susans fills the frame, their warm yellow tones contrasting with the deep greens of foliage and shadowed trees. The atmosphere feels bright and summery, with the subject sharply in focus against a painterly backdrop. The upper-left corner bears the text “©Gregory Rothman 2025” in orange.
Late post. A better capture of a Hoverfly in the Blackeye’d Susan’s
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The image shows a close-up (macro) photograph of a hoverfly (family Syrphidae) perched on the central disc of a vibrant yellow coneflower, likely a Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta). In the foreground, a large yellow flower dominates the view. At its center sits a hoverfly, an insect that looks very much like a bee but is actually a type of fly. The hoverfly has a shiny, round body with black and yellow bands, giving it a striped appearance. Its large compound eyes and transparent wings are visible, and it’s feeding on pollen from the flower’s dark central cone. Surrounding this flower are many similar yellow flowers, slightly blurred in the background, creating a rich, sunny, and vibrant field of blooms. The backdrop includes green foliage and trees, suggesting the photo was taken in a garden or natural meadow during summer. The image has a natural, warm, and detailed feel, with rich color contrast between the yellow petals, green leaves, and the brown-purple flower center. The image is credited to Gregory Rothman, 2025
This close-up photograph captures a hoverfly perched on the central disk of a Black-eyed Susan flower. The insect is facing the camera, so you see the front of its body clearly — especially its large, reddish-brown compound eyes and short, pointed proboscis extending downward as it feeds on nectar. Its body is marked with golden and black bands, and its transparent wings are extended outward and slightly back. The flower it’s perched on has bright yellow petals radiating from a dark brown, dome-shaped center, which is dusted with yellow pollen. In the softly blurred background, a field of other Black-eyed Susans fills the scene, their yellow petals and dark centers creating a rich, warm tapestry of late-summer color. ⸻ Species Identification: • Insect: Hoverfly (Family Syrphidae) • Often mistaken for bees or wasps due to similar coloring • Harmless and important pollinator • One pair of wings and large eyes typical of flies • Flower: Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) • Bright yellow petals with a dark brown central cone • Common wildflower in North America • Attracts pollinators like bees, butterflies, and hoverflies
The Hoverfly (first post removed. Had to work the image as it was a bit dark, but added a second)
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Hoverflies swarm among the blanketflowers
Sleepyhollow Farm Campground, Oshkosh, WI - June 2023
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Blanket flowers exude summer vibes and happiness. #flowers #summervibes☀️ #blanketflowers #cottagegardensofpetaluma #sonomacounty
Wildflowers that are working at taking over my old vegetable garden! Love seeing them and there are lots of buds to open up yet. #wildflowers #blanketflowers #blackeyesusan #flowers
Wildflowers in the Vendee sand dunes
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Blanket flower patch at the beach bright pink with orange edge and yellow center
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Beautiful orange and yellow blanket flowers growing in a grassy, green field. The flowers are shaped like daisies.
Yay! It's beautiful, blanket flower (Gaillardia) season again here in #Florida!!!!! #WildFlowers #FlowersofBlueSky #BlanketFlowers ##Gaillardia #TinyJoys #Spring
Blanket flower (Gaillardia) sprouts on a dead head! So much rain, I’m fortunate to have these starters to propagate in other parts of the garden. #gardening #garden #flowers #gardentips #blanketflowers
A photo of Gaillardia (Blanket Flowers) set against a backdrop of the setting sun and clouds.
These little guys are still going strong even after several frosts. #gardening #flowers #photography #gaillardia #blanketflowers #oc #originalcontent
