Quatuor de Miraval ; à déguster sans trop de modération...

Delicate pink star-shaped flowers bloom above the history shelves at my library. Sticky drops of nectar slowly ooze from the center of each blossom.

When I did the exposure flash she decided she would have some fun - very cute!

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batavia/peregrina (Jatropha integerrima)

Ants collect nectar from a grevillea flower. Kyogle, NSW.

A bee on a flower, taken with my 100mm f/2.8 macro lens with a 25mm extension tube.

A drink of nectar

We were so close that the DOF just went away - even at 5.6

Cotex Nectar Live @ Zoeys Cafe on July 31st, 2011

i could murder one now

This is likely Wild Indigo Duskywing (E. baptisiae) whose native host plant is Yellow Baptisia (Batisia tinctoria) or False Indigo (Baptisia leucantha), the butterfly has also adapted to feeding on the non-native Crown Vetch.

The other possible butterfly species is Columbine Duskwing (E. lucilius) but this is quite rare in SE MI.

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies)

Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Subfamily Pyrginae (Spread-wing Skippers)

Genus Erynnis (Duskywings)

Nice nectar stash bee. Great job!

Ah, trips to the zoo

Bartender Joe Kinahan prepares orders at Nectar, a wine bar

in Burlingame.

A pink flower

A foraging bee hands nectar over to one of the house bees.

Location:Taman Rama-rama,KL

22 de Julio de 2015. Nectar. Estampida.Visitantes. Chicos. Publico. Fotos: Alberto Amante/Unidad Ejecutora Bicentenario

20 de Septiembre de 2014. Néctar. Taller de rima, Feria, visitantes, Competencia breakdance. Foto: Gabriela Valle/Tecnópolis.

Purple Sunbird in eclipse plumage.

3Ed. Eu Vi Gnomos

A bug enjoys the wildflower nectar.

A male Olive-backed Sunbird scans the surrounding shrubs for the tell-tale signs of nectar bearing flowers.

Water water everywhere! The moss is in full effect and the rain left twinkling jewels in the sunshine. Yes sunshine! Oxbow Park on the Sandy River

I am saddened by this examination of a young butterfly's "average day" - stealing to survive!

But can we say that society is without blame?

nectar!