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This hoverfly is commonly known as the Marmalade Fly because the orange and black pattern on its abdomen. It should be encouraged in our gardens because it is a great pollinator and the larvae eat those pesty aphids.
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Petunia is a genus in the family Solanaceae, subfamily Petunioideae. Well known members of Solanaceae in other subfamilies include tobacco (subfamily Nicotianoideae), and the cape gooseberry, tomato, potato, deadly nightshade and chili pepper (subfamily Solanoideae). It's a flowering plant of South American origin. Petunias can tolerate relatively harsh conditions and hot climates, but not frost. They need at least five hours of sunlight every day and flourish in moist soil and conditions of low atmospheric humidity. Petunias are generally insect pollinated.The Maya and Inca believed that the scent of petunias had the power to ward off underworld monsters and spirits. Their flower-buds were bunched together for magical drinks. 18391
A bee on a Joe Pye weed, also known as a Eutrochium in flower. This plant does grow like a weed, and is native to the US and Canada.
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Up close and personal with a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly as it gets nectar and pollenates at the same time.
I'll BEE back...
It's a little known fact that snails have been taking on the role of pollination in these times of difficulty with the bee populations. Brian is more than happy to help out in the garden!
Something bright and cheerful for Macro Mondays theme 'Yellow'.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.
Went into our "wilderness area" of garden to photograph a single pink rose but the bee came along so shot this instead
A reworking of a photo I took of a Honey bee on a Lupin flower using my Canon G11 (see below in comments). I coped the original image to my iPhone5 & tweaked it using the Painteresque App. HTT!
Female Lissopimpla excelsa, pollinating Leptosperum polygalifolium.
Location: Blue Mountains, Australia
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Subclass Pterygota
Order Hymenoptera
Suborder Apocrita
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea
Family Ichneumonidae
Subfamily Pimplinae
Tribe Pimplini
Genus Lissopimpla
Species Lissopimpla excelsa
Lovely busy bee in my garden!
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Chrysotoxum bicinctum. A lovely hoverfly with a bold yellow & black abdomen and dark brown smudges on the wings. It is easily mistaken for a wasp. Seen throughout England & Wales in shrubby grassland, mostly in the south. I saw this one in Bewick, East Sussex.
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