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That is me. Can't think of a title. This bush near Church was covered and I mean covered in butterflies. More Monarchs then I have ever seen in one spot and nameless others. (Super windy day)
Pretty much straight from camera. A very small crop to omit ugly branch tip.
Shot for Looking Close on Friday
Theme: Combination Flora and Fauna
"Looking close... on Friday!"
Freitagsblümchen - friday flora
Colorful Nature ~ Spotted - Speckled - Polka dot
Tarnung fehlgeschlagen. Vielleicht ist ein Ortswechsel angebracht?
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Sometimes camouflage is not everything – especially if you can enjoy the last rays of sunshine in peace ;-) Common fly on lavender flower. Garnished with various flowers and leaves from the regional garden.
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Manchmal ist Tarnung ja auch nicht alles – besonders, wenn man so in Ruhe die letzten Sonnenstrahlen genießen kann ;-) Gewöhnliche Fliege an Lavendelblüte. Garniert mit diversen Blüten und Blättern aus dem regionalen Garten.
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#LookingClose...OnFriday! / #CombinationOfFloraAndFauna
I guess this is a fly (Cylindromyia pusilla)
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Bumblebees are known
as easy, efficient and reliable pollinators.
These are the advantages of bumblebees:
Bumblebees provide maximum insurance for optimal pollination, due to their high number of flower visits and large pollen transfer.
Bumblebee pollination results in higher yields, better shaped fruit, quality products and faster ripening of the fruit.
Bumblebees are reliable workers, they work 7 days a week from sunset to sunrise
Bumblebees work well under bad weather conditions and in protected environments
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"Combination of Flora and Fauna"
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I picked a pastel pink Camellia for Smile on Saturday and found this cute little spider hiding in the petals :)
Perfect for Looking Close... on Friday: Combination of Flora and Fauna :)
For Smile on Saturday... Combination of Flora and Fauna.
Many thanks for your visits, kind comments and faves, very much appreciated.
Ants are a large group of social insects that are great nectar lovers. However, ants are more likely to take nectar without effectively cross-pollinating flowers, so they are not good pollinators.
Smile on Saturday: 😊 "Combination of Flora and Fauna"
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For Smile on Saturday!
Theme: Combination of flora and fauna.
Un grand merci pour vos favoris, commentaires et encouragements toujours très appréciés.
Many thanks for your much appreciated favorites and comments.
... Combination of Flora and Fauna.
A Thick-legged flower beetle ~ Oedemera nobilis on a Seaside Daisy ~ Erigeron glaucus.
I took this photo on the 6th, but didn't know what the theme was for today at the time. Since last Monday, I've hardly been out due to the horrible weather.
The photo hasn't been on Flickr before, although similar ones of it have.
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.
cricket on ranunculus
Combination of Flora and Fauna
for Smile on Saturday ;-)
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Smile on Saturday theme: Combination of flora and fauna.
Every time I look out my kitchen window and see a butterfly visiting my garden I always rush to get my camera and try to chase them down and get a few pictures. Sometimes it is impossible as some are just too skittish but thankfully not this one.
Thank you for your visit....HSoS!
Das grüne Heupferd ist ein sehr nützlicher Gartenbewohner, was kaum bekannt ist. Seine Nahrung besteht überwiegend aus Insekten.
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allen Besuchern und Freunden meines Fotostreams ein herzliches Dankeschön für eure Kommentare und Kritiken, Einladungen und Favoriten.
all visitors and friends of my photostream, a heartfelt thank you for your comments and reviews, invitations and favorite
Shot of a chive flower photo-bombed by a cool looking bee in Ray Bans!
"Looking close... on Friday!" theme "Combination of Flora and Fauna"
Prepares to feed from nectar-laden flowers.
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Smile on Saturday
Muchas gracias a todos por sus visitas, comentarios y favoritas. Saludos amigos...!!!
In November last year, I had the great privilege of being taken to a private working flower farm, hidden in the heart of the Dandenong Ranges National Park in Silvan on the outskirts of Melbourne. The growers specialise in crocuses, Japanese water irises, orchids, rare species of plants from South America and California, and beautiful heirloom peony roses. As a departure gift after a lovely afternoon wandering the greenhouses and fields, the owners gave me a bunch of beautiful pink Sarah Bernhardt peonies which have wonderfully furled petals.
As the weather was beautifully fine in the days following my visit, I took the peonies in their vase out onto the garden to photograph them against the beautiful blue sky dusted with white, fluffy clouds, and against the rich green of my lawn. Imagine my delight, when a Heteronympha Merope (Common Brown) butterfly landed on one of the blooms just as I was photographing them! Now, I will happily confess that I admire any photographer who is quick enough to capture a butterfly in a shot, as I am usually far too slow to do so myself. However this butterfly was remarkably obliging and stayed on the bloom, basking in the sunshine, just long enough for me to take three photographs before it flitted away again!
The theme for the 3rd of August for “Smile on Saturday” is “combination of flora and fauna”. I was originally going to use another shot of a bee amongst some spring blossoms, but as I used a similar shot for “Looking Close on Friday’s theme of “bugs & co” on the 5th of July, when I remembered these photos from my archive, I decided to make a photo collage and submit them instead. I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!
Heteronympha Merope, or the Common Brown, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, endemic to the southern half of Australia. The wingspan is about sixty millimetres for males and seventy millimetres for females.
Paeonia lactiflora 'Sarah Bernhardt' is an exquisite herbaceous peony with ruffled, flamingo-pink double blooms that open from large and rounded buds. 'Sarah Bernhardt' is by far the best-known and most loved peony in the world. In fact, it’s so popular that it has become the face of peonies in general. This heirloom plant from 1906 is also delightfully fragrant.
This is a Quokka at our zoo. The plants in their enclosure may be decorative for us humans but for the Quokkas they are just delicious. :)
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