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It's not just bees making noise: these mahonia (berberis) flowers also attract many large orange wasp-like insects

5405-mahonia-bug.jpg These flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing beesThumbnailsA windmill, a defunct wilderness camera and a dry cistern all sit at the old Lecyr Well site, Mojave National PreserveThese flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing beesThumbnailsA windmill, a defunct wilderness camera and a dry cistern all sit at the old Lecyr Well site, Mojave National PreserveThese flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing beesThumbnailsA windmill, a defunct wilderness camera and a dry cistern all sit at the old Lecyr Well site, Mojave National PreserveThese flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing beesThumbnailsA windmill, a defunct wilderness camera and a dry cistern all sit at the old Lecyr Well site, Mojave National PreserveThese flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing beesThumbnailsA windmill, a defunct wilderness camera and a dry cistern all sit at the old Lecyr Well site, Mojave National PreserveThese flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing beesThumbnailsA windmill, a defunct wilderness camera and a dry cistern all sit at the old Lecyr Well site, Mojave National Preserve

(tarantula hawk?)