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Sony A7 + Leitz Colorplan 90mm f2.5

We need these now and always.

Business end of a zucchini blossom.

The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with over 6,000 species spread across most of the world. They belong to the superfamily Papilionoidea and are usually medium to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of front legs and many keep their colorful wings flat when resting. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-legged butterflies, as they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are coiled; in some species, these forelimbs have a brush-like set of hairs, which gives this family its other common name. Many species are brightly colored and include popular species such as the emperors, monarch butterflies, admirals, tortoises, and nacres. The underwings, on the other hand, are often dull and in some species look remarkably like dead leaves, or are much paler, creating a cryptic effect that helps the butterflies blend in with their surroundings.

Some kind of bee encrusted in pollen

 

Peace Valley Park

Doylestown, PA

 

1931*

Leafcutter bees on a blanket flower, a wldflower native to Texas. Buffalo Run Pocket Prairie, Missouri City, Texas.

The "bees" are back in town

Some hoverfly (ID anyone?) on flowers of charlock mustard (Sinapis arvensis).

 

JakiÅ› bzyg (ID?) na kwiatach gorczycy polnej (Sinapis arvensis).

One of our many Sonoran desert species of native bees insuring the next generation of Parry's Penestemon flowers.

A gray hairstreak (Strymodon melinus) nectaring on a green milkweed (Asclepias viridis) nestled among bluebonnets and paintbrushes.

Yellow jacket Pittsburgh PA USA

Not much out there for these little lovelies but the bells are appearing on the pieris so maybe I'll see one soon. Have a great day ;o)

Insect doing its thing in a tiger lily for the Looking Close... On Friday challenge, Flora & Fauna in vertical photo.

 

Happy Friday!

Bumblebee busily collecting nectar.

Dark Green Fritillary : Argynnis aglaja

Chatham Mills Pollinator Garden

Nomada. Difficult to identify down to species, doing a great job with the pollination here though.

Western Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus,

Pennington Creek Rd.,

San Luis Obispo Co., California

A little "News Fly" on some daisies.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

~Buddha

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I have yet to identify this pollinator that was enjoying the sand cherries.

Taken in the fields above the Hambleden Valley earlier in the summer

Honey bee (Apis melifera)

A flowering Evan’s Cherry Tree

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