Those of us with Perfect Hair, Pt. 2 - _TNY_4941
This queen buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris, also known as the large earth bumblebee, just has the most awesome fur coat. So dense! Also note how cool the magenta of the flower is reflecting in the eye of the bumblebee.
The really pretty flower that is enticing here is an eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) whoch really is a bumblebee (and also butterfly!) magnet.
If you look a little closer on the bumblebee, you can see that it has a couple of stowaways in the form of phoretic mites. These don't hurt the bumblebee but just use it to taxi between places.
Part 1 (closer) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51546596003/
Those of us with Perfect Hair, Pt. 2 - _TNY_4941
This queen buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris, also known as the large earth bumblebee, just has the most awesome fur coat. So dense! Also note how cool the magenta of the flower is reflecting in the eye of the bumblebee.
The really pretty flower that is enticing here is an eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) whoch really is a bumblebee (and also butterfly!) magnet.
If you look a little closer on the bumblebee, you can see that it has a couple of stowaways in the form of phoretic mites. These don't hurt the bumblebee but just use it to taxi between places.
Part 1 (closer) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51546596003/