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One from the Spring, nothing like Spring here today though! This little bee happily pollinating the violas. HBBBT
We've hit the late autumn "gray" in Michigan, so that leads me to looking back at brighter days, like this one at Dow Gardens in Midland, MI, summer, 2024. I miss the greater prevalence of butterflies and hope those days return, too.
Last image for Pollinator week. It may not really be the smallest pollinator but you can see pollen clumps on its one antenna and legs. This Lesser meadow katydid (Conocephalus spp.) is posed near the end of a calla lily petal and is perhaps 3/16" (5 mm) long, while its antennae are easily 3-4 times as long. Somehow I find it comical that its two antennae are pointed in opposite directions. If you are keeping track, my 90 mm macro lens came back good as ever. Whew.
The unlikely pollinator. I was surprised to learn that this fly was performing the function of the bees. It must have also meant that the flowers were smelling aweful!
Alfalfa Looper Moth
This is a relatively common moth that is a daytime pollinator; however it doesn't often sit still, so I was lucky to find this one posing
Westen honey bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen from dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flowers.
Pszczołą miodna *Apis mellifera) zbierająca pyłek z kwiatów mniszka lekarskiego (Taraxacum officinale).
One of my favourite flowers in the garden to photograph, akebia quintata, this is the white version, see first comment box for the darker version. It is often called the chocolate vine because of its scent which I managed to smell for the first time this year now that the plants are bigger and the flowers more numerous (I have a poor sense of smell) Also for the first time this plant has the larger female flowers so maybe I'll get fruit on both plants later in the year. One needs two versions to get cross pollination and hence fruit.
fioriscono gli ellebori di Natale e i bombi arrivano all'appuntamento
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This is a male pine tree that produces pollen on the little buds you see here. The pollen is released giving you nice yellow stuff all over your car and makes its way to the pine cones on the female pine tree. Nice for allergies!
I specifically set out to see the Snowberry clearwing moths (Hermaris diffinis) at Close Memorial Park and was not disappointed. I almost missed them because in my memory from last year, they were much larger. The Butterfly House was active with visitors but for me the draw was outside with these little speedsters. The flowers are a variety of Butterfly bush, thanks to Gary Seloff via iNaturalist for the ID.
For Macro Mondays theme 'Flowers'.
A brief opportunity of sunshine (through a dirty conservatory window) provided lovely back light to capture this flower of my Christmas cactus Schlumbergera buckleyi, allowing the light to glow through the tiny translucent body of the snail - the shell was less than 1cm across.
It is a little-known fact that snails can act as flower pollinators, transferring pollen from the anthers on the cluster of the stamens to the stigma at the end of the long style.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph. In fact, the snail seemed to enjoy a wee snack of the pollen - as it crawled along the style, it was fascinating to watch the mouthparts gobbling up the pollen that had fallen from the anthers.
He'll be back...
Explored (Number 19) January 26, 2022 for the Explore take-over - selected from submission to 'Best Wildlife' thread from Your Best Shot 2021.
The spring bees are out in full force pollinating. That is a good thing!
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Tiny Pollinator
This wasp photograph was taken with a macro lens mounted on 37.5mm extension tubes so is about twice life size
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Looking close... on Friday! theme : #Bees
The flower doesn't dream of the bee,
it blossoms and the bee comes.
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I believe this is a sweat or halictid bee. She really knew which flower to pose in, to draw attention to her amazing colour!
• European honey bee / western honey bee
• Abeja doméstica / abeja europea / abeja melÃfera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Apidae
Genus:Apis
Species:A. mellifera
Salinas, Canelones, Uruguay
The New England asters have come into full bloom this past week and the pollinators are making good use of the opportunity. The Great Spangled Fritillaries and honeybees were abundant but two species of bumblebees, the Meadow Fritillaries, Pearl Crescents, Sulpur and Cabbage white butterflies, as well as a variety of wasps and sweatbees also made a showing.
I only saw one Monarch and a single black swallowtail, but they have been fairly regular visitors this month....so at least in our immediate area they have not been a no-show this season.
Created for The Blind Pig Speakeasy challenge 27 - The Earth's Bounty: www.flickr.com/groups/photopigs/discuss/72157648985867546/
Many of our pollinators are in trouble today, their numbers declining and some threatened with extinction. You can help them by choosing garden plants that support them and particularly by refusing to use neonicotinoids and other chemical pesticides that harm them. Choose to coexist.
"Animal pollinators play a crucial role in flowering plant reproduction and in the production of most fruits and vegetables. Most plants require the assistance of pollinators to produce seeds and fruit. About 80% of all flowering plants and over three-quarters of the staple crop plants that feed humankind rely on animal pollinators.
Pollinators visit flowers in search of food, mates, shelter and nest-building materials. The energy that powers pollinator growth, metamorphosis, flight and reproduction comes from sugars in nectar, and the proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals from pollen grains.
The secret bond of the partnership is that neither plant nor pollinator populations can exist in isolation – should one disappear, the other is one generation away from disaster."
From the USDA/ Forest Service website: www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/animals/index.shtml
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