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unimaginatively named the Common Grass yellow, this little butterfly is helping pollination in my garden. Basil flowers are very acceptable to so many insects.
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.
The small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is a colourful Eurasian butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Adults feed on nectar and may hibernate over winter; in warmer climates they may have two broods in a season. While the dorsal surface of the wings is vividly marked, the ventral surface is drab, providing camouflage. Eggs are laid on the common nettle, on which the larvae feed. (Wikipedia)
Hummingbird Hawk Moth in my garden this morning. Someone is smiling at me currently as I had sufficient time to walk through garden to other end of house, extract camera from bag, change lens and settings and walk back through house to end of garden to get a few shots. Lucky me!
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.
よく見るとルリシジミも蜜を吸っています。
子供のころ父から萩の花からは高級なハチミツが採れると聞いたことがあります。今もって納得しました。
I made a careful observation. Holly blue is also sucking nectar.
When I was a kid, my father told me that Bush clover flowers produce high-quality nectar. Now I'm convinced of this word.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
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
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Nectar
Nesting : Tree
Behavior : Hovering
Conservation : Low Concern
Brown Acres - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
"Anna’s Hummingbirds are among the most common hummingbirds along the Pacific Coast, yet they're anything but common in appearance. With their iridescent emerald feathers and sparkling rose-pink throats, they are more like flying jewelry than birds. Though no larger than a ping-pong ball and no heavier than a nickel, Anna’s Hummingbirds make a strong impression. In their thrilling courtship displays, males climb up to 130 feet into the air and then swoop to the ground with a curious burst of noise that they produce through their tail feathers... Anna's Hummingbirds normally have a body temperature of around 107 degrees Fahrenheit—that's a scorching temperature for a human. When outside temperatures fall, Anna's and many other species of hummingbirds enter torpor. Their breathing and heart rate slow, and their body temperature can fall as low as 48 degrees Fahrenheit. When the temperature warms, the hummingbirds can become active again in a few minutes."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
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.
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 ...