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In my attempts to develop some images around pollination and pollinators, I came across this native wildflower, which attracts a wide variety of butterfly species including Giant Swallowtail. It is a member of the larger flower family that includes Asters, and it grows in a handful of locations along the Ottawa River, in shade primarily. It flowers from July to August, and is quite spectacular.
“Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.“
Eric Fromm, the art of loving. In the center of the flower if the color is yellow it is still to be pollinated.. If it’s red it has already been pollinated. This one is somewhere in between. Smile
Bee landing on a Bottlebrush like flower.
What is killing the bees ?
So far they have come up with a lot of possibilities and here are the latest ...
1. Genetically modified crops
2. Systemic insect killers. The systemic is spread on the ground, the plant takes it up with water and the whole plant is one big insect killer.
I bought this bee balm plant recently, and put it in a plant bag, with some fresh potting soil. I hope it doesn't develop a fungus, which always happens with my bee balm plants. This bee has lots of blossoms to visit, and I hope to see a hummingbird soon.
This yellow butterfly was caught in the act of feeding on this flower -- and transferring pollen -- in a field in New Bern, North Carolina. As challenged -- this was #ShotFromAbove for #FlickrFriday. HFF.
This looks to be a Cloudless Sulpher (Phoebis sennae) butterfly.
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I went for a second trip to the Toowoomba Flower Carnival and the bees were having a great time pollinating the flowers. I was also having a great time chasing the bees from flower to flower.
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Since its National Pollinator Week and yesterday I posted the Zebra Swallowtail, time to post something else to give you the creeps ;) The GNBB is one of several bumble bee species found in MO. Notice how the abdomen is almost completely yellow, as opposed to the 'normal' black we see. Also remember, bumble bees are fuzzy, carpenter bees are shiny. They are a little more weary of people being around, it took several days of chasing to finally get this one to hang around for a bit to shoot. They feed rapidly on the flowers, but you can see how this one has little bits of pollen ALL over itself, and when it goes to another flower, it drops off and thus we get more flowers. I hope to start seeing these again in another month or so when everything is really going full bore, however the flower garden right now is exploding. Almost a shame to be wasting the blooms
I haven't been able to identify this wasp yet, though it is the second one of these I have seen so far this year. Feasting on Alexander pollen here.
On Prince's Plume, Stanleya pinnata,
On a steep slope in the Temblor Mountains,
Carrizo Plain National Monument,
Eastern San Luis Obispo Co., California
There were many, many of these moths in several disparate habitats and locations and we wondered if they were also everywhere in between. (See also the adjacent photo taken 10 miles away.)