Spiderwort (Tradescantia)

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I caught this hoverfly perched on a vibrant spiderwort just after a rainstorm the other day. Hoverflies are one of the garden good guys. The larvae of many species feed on aphids. More hoverflies!

Gayla Trail
Gayla is a writer, photographer, and former graphic designer with a background in the Fine Arts, cultural criticism, and ecology. She is the author, photographer, and designer of best-selling books on gardening, cooking, and preserving.

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3 thoughts on “Spiderwort (Tradescantia)”

  1. Very cool shot! I’ve never seen a hoverfly quite like this! I’ve become so enamoured with them lately I’m trying to ID all the species I’m spotting in my garden, but am finding that without being an entomologist it’s proving really difficult.

  3. We went on vacation to Badlands, in South Dakota, and the spiderwort was a wildflower I had trouble identifying- we don’t have them in the mountains. It wasn’t in the wildflower book I brought, so I drew it and looked it up in a wildflower book in the park bookstore.

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