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A worker bee, wearing a dusting of pollen and filling her pollen sacs as she visits cherry blossoms. Backyard photography.
The lavender and other flowers that attract bumblebees and hummingbirds are a bit late this year. So it’s good to see them return.
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This is pollinator appreciation week, and in tribute to this critical ecosystem service this post celebrates the evolutionary contortions that result in some bizarre strategies to accomplish pollen dispersal.
Fairy slipper orchids (Calypso bulbosa) are widespread throughout the Northern hemisphere, occurring in cool shaded environments. They produce a single leaf in the fall that overwinters under snow, ready to photosynthesize in the early spring following snowmelt. The flowers emerge early in the summer and last only a few days before wilting. They lure pollinators by producing a scent that mimics neighboring nectar producing flowers, although this species of orchid lacks nectar.
The species is named for Calypso, a Greek nymph who lured Odysseus to her Island so he could be her husband.
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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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!
One of the friendly butterfly weeds, Asclepias. In a "pollinators plot" at a nearby park. Morning light.
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Saturday Self Challenge - Interpretation of nature
I spotted this Meadow Brown butterfly pollinating a thistle on my walk last week.
Lovely busy bee in my garden!
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I don’t the know the name of this pollinator but I am aware, there are many types of pollinators and not just bees and they all do a very important job.
Pollinating Daisies in my yard in Chester County, PA.
With all the stories about problems with honey bees, I am always very happy to see these pollinators in my yard.
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The agastache plant in my backyard is popular with hummingbirds and carpenter bees, as they're the only pollinators that can access the nectar. Hummingbirds don't like to share, however, so this one probably isn't thrilled to see that bee.