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Great pollinators, it is fantastic to see them very close with our macro lenses. usually very busy to care while we photograph them, but you always have to be careful specially if you don't know if you allergic to them.
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"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live." - Albert Einstein
Hmmm...I wonder how true that is. Long ago..probably true. Nowadays...who knows? Yes, bugs could be pesky, but we don't realize how important some are. Like this little bumblebee, busy collecting pollen, unknowingly pollinating this female pumpkin flower. The bees and other bugs do a fantastic job pollinating every year...I even get some pretty fascinating cross-pollinated pumpkins and gourds. Only rarely is there a slow morning insect-wise that gets me to go out and hand-pollinate.
Time to go catch up! Have a wonderful Wednesday, my friends!
Native paper daisy flower.
I understand the black and white patches on this little moth are attempting to make birds think it may be similar to a tiger moth.
Birds find eating tiger moths an unpleasant and extremely memorable experience.
Second version of the silver Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar T f/2.8 80mm lens @ f/2.8.
This pair of black-chinned hummingbirds didn't care for the honey bees but they really liked the red yucca blossoms. (Black headed hummer is the male)
This is a composite of two photos, but realistically depicts the scene. Depth of field is about 1.5 inches so it would be impossible to have both birds in perfect focus simultaneously.
I finally got outside. it was windy during golden hour, and the pollinators were just briefly lighting. This is the result...
This bee, most likely Leafcutting bee, Megachile sp., has a flat abdomen and it seems that it collects the pollen on the hairs of its abdomen and not in baskets as the honey bees.
TWU Butterfly Garden in Denton, North Texas
Hello There!
I can't say that I've seen such an orange undercarriage before which makes me wonder if it is a different type of bee, or if it is simply covered with a thick layer of pollen. One thing, it sure was a speedy flier and tough to get an image of. This bee is gathering nectar from a wildflower called "Prairie Clover." In a ditch? Yes!
An ID has come my way, hip hooray and a big thank you to Jerome and Lou!!! It is a Leafcutter Bee, genus Megachile.
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I have no clue what kind of bee, wasp or whatever this is. I do know it is on some Aster flowers! :D Thanks to Leigh Ayres for the identification of this bee!! (Leafcutter bee)
A female Monarch butterfly on its way to the wintering grounds in Mexico and a honeybee having lunch on a Frostweed inflorescence.
TWU Butterfly Garden, Denton, Texas
Floral pigments have a large role to play in pollination of flowers by animals. This flower's radiating lines led directly to the pollen filled center of the blossom.
Imagine a world without these beautiful pollinators. Not only would it be sad...it would be extremely disastrous to our own survival.
TWU Denton campus
Tievine (Tie Vine), Sharp-pod Morning Glory, Purple Bindweed, Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba (Convolvulaceae) with a bee pollinator. This species of morning glory is native to the southeastern United States, Mexico, and South America.