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Violet-capped Woodnymphs inhabit a wide range of habitats from untouched forests, to scrub, to suburban and city gardens. They gather nectar from both native and non-native flowers and also hunt for insects. During certain parts of the year, Violet-capped Woodnymphs migrate short distances. Males have a bluish violet cap and sparkle with dark green above and gold-green below. Females are dark greenish above and off-white below. During the breeding season, these woodnymphs adorn the outside of their nests with ferns and lichen. This is a male, enjoying a false verbena nectar - at Sítio Macuquinho.
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I watched this Green-viened White for a while whilst it was nectaring and moving from one bloom to another. Rather than try and get close with the macro lens I stood back and shot with the telephoto to allow it to about its business.
Het klinkt wel een beetje raar, dagactieve nachtvlinder. Het onderscheid van dag- en nachtvlinders is te zien aan de antennes. Bij dagvlinders eindigt de antenne in een verdikte knop. Bij nachtvlinders is de antenne een lange spriet of veervormig. En het klopt echt wel dat de meeste nachtvlinders ‘s nachts vliegen, maar er zijn een paar uitzonderingen. Zoals altijd in de natuur. En de muntvlinder is er zo een.
De lievelingsplant van de muntvlinder is munt.
Miss Penelope, one of our female resident Anna's Hummingbirds sipping nectar! She chose our Salvia Greggii flowers for her nectar snack. I love that her beak is covered in pollen. Photo taken in our backyard in Camas, Washington
Miss Phoebe, one of our resident female Anna's Hummingbirds, sipping nectar for lunch! She chose our Salvia Greggii flowers. I love the pollen on her beak, and her acrobatic flying skills. Photo taken in our backyard in Camas, Washington.
'Apricot Nectar' floribunda rose.
Photographed last Thursday, 7th March, 2024.
Roxborough Park Rose Gardens.
Sydney's premier rose gardens.
Alfred Henry Whaling Reserve.
Castle Hill. The Hills District. Sydney.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
So this is 'Apricot Nectar', a floribunda rose.
Recently deceased in my garden due to a fierce storm that ravaged a lot of the Hills District, in northwestern Sydney.
So this is my tribute to a beautiful and resilient rose that, until this freak storm, flowered so profusely. It always had flowers, even during July - the peak of winter.
Rosa 'Apricot Nectar' is a floribunda rose, bred by Eugene Boerner in 1964. The rose is a floribunda (which means it has many blooms) yet has big flowers that make it look like a hybrid tea-rose.
It has a subtle pale apricot pink colour and a mild fruity fragrance. It was named an All-America Rose Selections winner in 1966.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
I captured this hoverfly in flight near this flower. I find these flies to be interesting photo subjects and I'm glad that they only want nectar, not me! Anyway, I followed this fly for a bit as it would shy away with my movement but continued to fly to this flower after a moment or two. It is interesting to note how it holds it's legs while flying to create less drag.
I'm thinking this may be Syrphus ribesii. If anyone knows for sure, please let me know. Thanks!
Taken 5 August 2017 at Botanical Gardens, Anchorage, Alaska.
Nectaring on Bee Balm - Clearwing Hummingbird Moth.
I have posted two photographs of very different 'hummingbirds' nectaring on bee balm at Spinton Manor Farm in Chester County, PA.
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A female Anna's Hummingbird sipping nectar for her Lunch! She chose our Purple Amistad Salvia, one of our Hummingbirds favorites. Photo taken in July, 2024, in our backyard in Camas, Washington.
Miss Penelope, one of our resident female Anna's Hummingbirds, sipping nectar. She chose our Hot Lips Salvia Plant this afternoon. Photo taken in our backyard in Camas, Washington.
Miss Penelope, one of our female resident Anna's Hummingbirds, sipping nectar for Lunch. She chose our Salvia Greggii, Cold Hardy Pink Flowers. I am amazed and how acrobatic they are to get in just the right spot to get the nectar out of the flowers. Photo taken in our backyard in Camas, Washington.
A young male Anna's Hummingbird sipping nectar from our Cardinal Flowers! I have to admire their acrobatic ability to get to the sweetest nectar!
A female Rufous Hummingbird, with her beak all in for nectar. She chose our Black & Blue Salvia flowers for lunch. Photo taken in our backyard in Camas, Washington.
A female olive-backed sunbird (cinnyris jugularis) burying its beak into a flower to take nectar. These birds can feed by hovering but I often saw them perched on this particular flower species. Photographed in Ao Nang, Krabi Province, Thailand.
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My 'Apricot Nectar' hybrid tea-rose.
'Apricot Nectar' was bred in the USA by Eugene Boerner in 1964, and was named the All-America Rose Selections winner in 1966.
It is a very resilient rose and has a fruity fragrance to accompany its peach/apricot coloured petals.
Photographed this week in the Hills District of Sydney.
Tuesday, 28th October, 2025.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
I was watching this beautiful Bumble Bee collecting nectar from the poppies in my garden, they are so amazing to watch and if you look carefully there is another just behind the poppy waiting its turn :) have a fabulous Thursday and may you get five minutes to sit and watch some wonders of nature at work ~ KissThePixel2019
European bee hunts for nectar on yellow daisy bush as the sun shines brightly on my Gold Coast hinterland garden.
Kneeling down in a large field of wildflowers, I spotted this butterfly. I quickly took this photo before it disappeared. Only later after studying the image did I realize that I had clearly captured the butterfly drawing nectar from the flower with its strawlike proboscis.
this little one lived inside this flower for a couple of days, it sometimes come out to taste a bit of nectar, then went back inside.
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Monarch Butterfly nectaring on zinnias in my yard in Chester County.
It appears to be waving before leaving on its long journey
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Spanish Name: Ave del paraíso
English Name: Crane flower or bird of paradise
Scientific Name: Strelitzia reginae
Family: Strelitziaceae
Genus: Strelitzia
Location: Benicàssim
Province: Castelló de La Plana
Country: Spain
Continent: Europe
Date: September 2020
Flash, one of our resident male Anna's Hummingbirds, sipping nectar. His flower of choice is our Mystic Spires Salvia flowers. Photo taken in our backyard in Camas, Washington.
"Hummingbird is the spirit of pure joy! She is the messenger of beauty and wonder, and she reminds us to taste the nectar of life."
--Unknown
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L’abeille charpentière. Xylocopa violet.
Nectarivores, elles butinent principalement sur les légumineuses et sur les labiées.
Bien qu’elles ne soient pas xylophages leurs robustes mandibules leur permettent de construire leur nid dans du bois . Habituellement s’attaquent au bois tendre et vermoulu.
Leur nombre semble en augmentation, selon un climatologue à l’Institut fédérale de recherches WSL, cette augmentation soudaine de leur population serait due au réchauffement climatique ...