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This is an image of "Al" - the well known Allen's Hummingbird - after he had pollinated himself at the Los Angeles County Arboretum !!! Seen in July 2015.
Every year I produce composite images showing invertebrates visiting ivy in our garden. This is the third for 2023. Ivy flowers are such a great resource for invertebrates at this time of year.
On the hike there are many beautiful plants such as this blooming flower on a cactus which attracts the eyes of anyone looking at the smaller joys provided.
Pollinator Pom-Pom—the buttonbush blossom bringing full cheer to bees, butterflies, and the occasional macro photographer. Nature’s fluffiest fan favorite.
Caution: Pollinators at work! I passed under a blooming tree to hear it humming and looked up to see swarms of these industrious guys doing Nature's work! East Boulder, Colorado
A quick macro for the day because I sort of forgot to take a picture of anything else and the light was fading quickly.
Luckily the bees love this plant in the backyard and are always willing to pose for a quick shot.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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A Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris) hummingbird visiting a Heliconia field at Braullio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica. Pollination is critical for flower reproduction and the rainforest health Hummingbirds play a crucial role in the pollination of many different flower types some of them have even evolved specific characteristics to entice hummingbirds to help their reproduction.
This is a capture for one of my course work submissions regarding flowers and insects.
The most recognized pollinators are the various species of bees, which are plainly adapted to pollination. Bees typically are fuzzy and carry an electrostatic charge. Both features help pollen grains adhere to their bodies, but they also have specialized pollen-carrying structures; in most bees, this takes the form of a structure known as the scopa, which is on the hind legs of most bees, and/or the lower abdomen (e.g., of megachilid bees), made up of thick, plumose setae.
Honey bees, bumblebees, and their relatives do not have a scopa, but the hind leg is modified into a structure called the corbicula (also known as the "pollen basket"). Most bees gather nectar, a concentrated energy source, and pollen, which is high protein food, to nurture their young, and inadvertently transfer some among the flowers as they are working. Euglossine bees pollinate orchids, but these are male bees collecting floral scents rather than females gathering nectar or pollen. Female orchid bees act as pollinators, but of flowers other than orchids. Eusocial bees such as honey bees need an abundant and steady pollen source to multiply.
I don’t understand how bees can stand on coneflowers to pollinate them.
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Twin Ponds Community Garden, Shoreline, Washington State, USA
Another hoverfly taking the chance to feed on pollen/nectar from an Echinopsis cactus whilst it flowered this year. Insects seem to love these flowers, but have only a short time to enjoy them because they wilt within 48 hours of blooming. We had 7 flowers initially, followed by this lone flower almost a week later than the first set.
The pollinators are taking advantage of our warm weather right now and getting all the pollen they can. Love those little saddlebags of pollen that they carry.
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Photo of a bee pollinating a dandelion in action captured via Minolta Maxxum AF Macro 50mm F/2.8 Lens. In the unincorporated community of Wellpinit. Spokane Indian Reservation. Selkirk Mountains Range. Okanogan-Colville Xeric Valleys and Foothills section within the Northern Rockies Region. Inland Northwest. Stevens County, Washington. Early May 2023.
Exposure Time: 1/800 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-400 * Aperture: F/5.6 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 4150 K
A second capture of this bee before he(?) decided to flit away too fast for me to chase. Taken in the Kew Gardens in London.
#WorldWatercolorMonth2024 Prompt: Plant. The Pollinator Coneflower. Did you know there are 10 naturally occurring species of coneflower? Of course, humans have created many hybrids as well.
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This breed of salvia, Mystic Spires Blue, is great for pollinators, and also works well in arrangements.
Guess who left her photo to the last minute? Yup, it was me.
Luckily I've been keeping flowers around the house lately as I wait for spring to really show up outside.
Comes in handy when I waste the day away and forget to pick my camera when there's still daylight.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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