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These three long-horned bees spent the night curled up inside an evening primrose. Photographed in the La Crosse Blufflands Conservancy, La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
Went to visit the rare Lizard orchids (of which there are many this year) at one of their few sites, and noticed this characterful beetle that appeared to be a pollinator; no doubt drawn by the plant's heady goat-like aroma
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 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.
Flowers of all types bend and flow around
Leading my thoughts down paths of love and dreams
The wind blows through each flower on the ground
Lifting up clouds nothing is as it seems
Power in the fields is where the sun beams
Green is everywhere, wherever I look
Even the lilies in the streams and brook
Butterflies all float around this great field
And hummingbirds use their beaks as a hook
As flowers need to pollinate to yield
Russell Sivey
Ellesmere Port Cheshire
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.
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.
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.
Pollinators contribute to the production of about 75% of the globe’s food crops. They are literally keeping us alive!
Notebook from Denik, bandana from Bandits Bandanas.
Wasps are the main pollinators of the Broad-leaved Helleborine orchid and apparently can become intoxicated in the process.
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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