Unlike honeybees the bumblebees don’t actually do any formal dances to report food sources to other bees. But this particular bee appeared to be dancing for joy with pollen flying everywhere.
Also known as hover flies these insects are important pollinators for many plants. This one looks like it has quite a job ahead with this sea of blooms.
A pair of mourning doves nested in a redbud in my yard after doing minimal renovations to an old robin nest. These two recently fledged young are staying near the nest to be fed by dad while mom starts her next brood.
This isn’t a flower in my garden as you may have guessed. It was in a local shop in honor of the holiday. Memorial Day was originally celebrated as Decoration Day in 1868 with the tradition of decorating the graves of those who died in war with flowers. These flowers […]
This water drop reflects me and the red spikes of this decorative grass dangling like an ornament from its flower spire.
I hear a whiny voice saying- You know you want to give me that ice cream cone…. And a few seconds later I wonder – Why am I giving this vanilla creamy goodness to my dog?
As I took its picture this bee was wagging its antennae like an enthusiastic puppy. There is a faint motion blur of the antennae though its body is still and sharp. It flew to several nearby flowers before giving up on me for not accepting its invitation to play and […]
This is a Japanese beetle attacking a zinnia flower. It was shot with a Nanoha lens which shoots at 5:1 which is way more than life size. With depth of field only allowing focus about a hair’s width I focused on the eye and let the body and flower form […]