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Common Hoverfly (Melangyna viridiceps)
With the Jade, Lavender and Daisies all in bloom I am seeing good numbers of Hoverflies this last week.
African Carder Bee (Pseudoanthidium repetitum)
It initially seemed there wasn't any insects around the garden today. So I spent some time, which is unusual for me to do, and then there seemed to be insects and spiders everywhere!
Tui play a critical role in the cross pollination of New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax). Flax that is currently flowering produces copious amounts of nectar and is widespread throughout New Zealand. This is a current favourite of the Tui.
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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The flower of Epiphyllum anguliger fills the room with a delicious lemon scent, it opens at night as it is pollinated by moths
"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!
I finally got outside. it was windy during golden hour, and the pollinators were just briefly lighting. This is the result...
SPRING FLOWERS ARE A WELCOME SIGHT FOR GARDENERS, BUT EVEN MORE SO FOR POLLINATING INSECTS..Bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies and many other pollinators emerge when the weather warms up, but pollen and nectar can be hard to come by. A huge number of plants rely entirely on bees and other insects for pollination, and yet population numbers are declining.
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.
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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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Honeybee on Frostweed. Enlarge to see pollen in the bees hind leg basket.
TWU Butterfly Garden, Denton, Texas
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.
Pollinators are finally starting to pop their heads out now that a few brave woodland wildflowers are blooming when the fickle sun decides to shine. This narrow-headed marsh fly is one of the first flower flies to show up in springtime around here. These flies are also commonly called hover flies, hoverflies or syrphid flies depending on your preference. Females lay eggs on vegetation that hangs over ponded water and the larvae fall into the water upon hatching. By the way, you may have heard of their larvae as they go by the name rat-tailed maggot. The "rat-tail" is actually their breathing tube as the maggots float beneath the water surface feeding on rich organic matter that in some places would include sewage. Hard to believe they can turn into this beautiful fly!
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)
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.
La renoncule flammette (Ranunculus flammula), la petite douve ou la petite flamme, est une espèce de plante herbacée de la famille des Renonculacées qui pousse dans les milieux humides.
Ranunculus flammula, the lesser spearwort, greater creeping spearwort or banewort, is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Ranunculus (buttercup), growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom. It flowers June/July. Ranunculus flammula is poisonous. It is very closely related to R. reptans, which is distinguished by prostrate and more slender stems, narrower leaves and smaller flowers and is sometimes included within R. flammula sensu lato as a variety (R. flammula var. reptans (L.) E. Meyer).
In addition to other forms of pollination, this plant is adapted to rain-pollination.
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