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Wasps are very important pollinators. They look like bees, but are generally not covered with fuzzy hairs. As a result, they are much less efficient in pollinating flowers, because pollen is less likely to stick to their bodies and to be moved from flower to flower.
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Best viewed large so you can see the spikes on the pollen grains :)
This bee stopped on a nearby plant to clean itself -the pumpkin pollen was driving it crazy!
All Canon gear: Xti (manual mode F11, 1/200, ISO 100) + MPE-65mm macro lens. MT-24EX with home made diffusers.
I'll hoping to see a friend of mine this weekend who is a bee keeper -I want to get some images at 3x and higher.
Gotta love all the pollinators out there making sure we have more bluebonnets next year.
Female Margined Calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)
Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
White Rock Lake, Dallas
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Usually bees and butterflies are used to represent the creatures responsible for pollinating 75% of our crops, but as long as they have pretty blue wings some wasps will do, too. :-)
Explored July 17th 2008
Took this image of a bee pollinating a cactus blossom, if you look closely you can see the very small sphere's of pollen sticking on the bee's hairy legs, what an amazing capture of Nature's way of Pollination for future cactus blossoms.
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Pink/purple coneflowers blooming in the Trailhead Community Park native plant pollinator garden, along the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
1 June 2024.
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▶ "Echinacea purpurea — commonly known as the eastern purple coneflower, purple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, or echinacea— is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to parts of eastern North America. Its habitats include dry open woods, prairies, and barrens.
Many pollinators are attracted to E. purpurea flowers, such as bumblebees, sweat bees, honey bees, the sunflower leafcutter bee, and the mining bee, Andrena helianthiformis. Butterflies that visit include monarchs, swallowtail butterflies, and sulfur butterflies. Birds, particularly finches, eat and disperse the seeds through their droppings."
— Wikipedia.
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Bumblebee
Chicago Botanic Garden
Glencoe, IL
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Bumblebees have round bodies covered in soft hair (long branched setae) called pile, making them appear and feel fuzzy. Over 250 species of bumblebee are known.
This lovely pollinator was getting some nectar out of this flower. So delicate and wonderful. I'm honestly not sure if it is considered a butterfly or a moth. If any one knows, chime in!
Pickerelweed is an aquatic plant that is native to the wetlands of North America. The beautiful bluish/purple flowers are highly attractive to all kinds of pollinators. This time it was an Abrupt Digger, a native bee, collecting the pollen. Also known as a minor bee it is cute and furry and smaller than honeybees. Friendly, non-aggressive, they do not sting or bite. They are very important pollinators due to being forage-plant generalists that visit a large variety of flowers over a wide range.
Abrupt Digger/Minor Bee (Anthophora abrupta)
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)
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I had the light stand out this morning trying to shoot some ragweed against a magenta background when this guy flew in...