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Queen Anne's Lace

Daucus carota

Description:

Daucus carota is a variable biennial plant, usually growing up to 1 m tall and flowering from June to August. The umbels are claret-coloured or pale pink before they open, then bright white and rounded when in full flower, measuring 3–7 cm wide with a festoon of bracts beneath; finally, as they turn to seed, they contract and become concave like a bird's nest. (See third picture) The dried umbels detach from the plant, becoming tumbleweeds. (Wikipedia)

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Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

There's a little fly in the first two pictures. Can anyone identify it for me?

Ava T-B
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Ava T-B

Moosinning, Bayern, Germany

Spotted on Aug 10, 2012
Submitted on Oct 18, 2012

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