#fall pollinators

[whatnext10]

Bee Flies Spend Lots of Valuable Time Searching for Nectar

Fly, Bee Fly Like most pollinators, bee flies (Poecilanthrax lucifer) are very hard workers and much of their work as adults consists of gathering nectar and pollen. To accomplish this they try to find areas where flowers are fairly dense and then they fly from flower to flower collecting as much as they possibly can. They are very accomplished fliers who are fast, able to turn quickly, and can…

[indigrassy]

Fuzzy cosmos

[admiralgiggles]

I’ll follow the sun

[twentifyve]

Pollinator garden is going to sleep now October 8th, 2024 | Fujifilm X100VI Follow for more of my original photography!

[stephjacq]

Autumn in the garden

[elizjjwold]

by Elizabeth Johnson-Wold

[fly-guys]

Custom painted bee boots by me 🌼🐝🌼

[darabeatha]

/ D d d d d d duality of the bat being both an animal that represents night, death, sacrifices, bad omens, yet at the same time, one that represents the birth of life and fertility, symbolisms my beloveds-

[plantsisleafs]

Hummingbird ❤️ Mahonia

[healingheartdogs]

I left some tops of plants I had let go to seed (a couple different lettuces, radishes, and mustard greens) that I harvested to save seeds from in open paper shopping bags outside to give the bugs that were on them time to skedaddle before I brought them inside to pick all the seeds out to save them but yknow... ADHD, out of sight out of mind lol so I forgot about them for a few weeks and sure all the aphids and squash bugs left, but in that time a bunch of tiny little spiders moved in. Which is still better tbh (I'm honestly fine with spiders especially little ones but I absolutely DETEST squash bugs, and the aphids I just don't want to spread to my indoor plants) but also inconvenient. Guess I will be wearing gloves while I seed harvest and doing my seed harvesting sitting outside instead of inside.

[whatnext10]

Fall Pollinators are Coming Out for the Fall Wildflowers

Just a Little Black Bee The winged sumac (Rhus copallinum), which is definitely a fall wildflower, albeit an early one, was highly attractive to many pollinators while it was in full bloom. Along with the usual summer crowd, I’m beginning to see some of the fall group like this carpenter mimic leafcutter bee (Megachile xylocopoides). Although they can be found in small numbers in the summer, I…

[indigrassy]

I'm gonna keep on dancing at the...

[admiralgiggles]

[lightofthemagdalene]

Rose in the Bramble

✨A themed cocktail for the party sídhe✨

1 1/2 oz sloe gin

1/2 oz crème de violette

1/4 oz lemon juice

1/4 oz blackberry syrup or jelly

1/4 oz rosewater

Sprig of thyme

Ice

1 egg white or 3 TBSP egg whites

Plain seltzer to finish

Put all liquids other than egg whites into shaker with thyme and ice and just kinda jostle ‘em around for a second. Add the egg, cap and shake for a minute and a half. Strain into a highball glass/whatever you have/a normal goddamn glass with more ice. Top off with seltzer. Drink or offer it.

This is just a fancy gin fizz. Great for Bealtaine!

[faguscarolinensis]

Papilio glaucus on Phlox paniculata / Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Garden Phlox at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC

[moykoy]

Here's my two day late piece for Drawtober day 11. The prompt was forest and I felt really inspired to create a sweet little piece of a delivery driver. I was really inspired by an old OTGW piece by @mashaalapsha so you can see a lot of shape and colour influence in my piece thanks to her! I was also in the mood to write a creative accompaniment for this piece so I hope you enjoy it cause I loved working on it! I'll be back later with today's Drawtober so that I can hopefully get back on schedule after a stressful work week.

Honeybee Express

Fall was always a chaotic season for courier companies. You could make all of your deliveries on time and somehow it still wouldn't be enough for all the greedy butterflies or bees stocking up for the winter. Hives or local businesses were always requesting more than a local supplier could handle or, more than likely, some old painted lady bought as much as your scooter could handle so she could jar it all in her basement for the next thirty years.

Young Cillian had been with Honeybee Express for all but five months, all of which was over the summer when pollen was abundant and drivers were available. So when old Hamish told Cillian "You be careful on those backroads in Hickory Wood! Those bumps an' ruts ain't worth speeding over." he really should have listened. A little too hard on the gas was about to cost Cillian a basket of Gladiolus and a bruise on the abdomen... No doubt Hamish would have a wry smile on his face the second Cillian walks through with dirt on his cap and a crease in his wing.

Thanks for reading if you got this far! I'm self-concious of my writing so if you liked it maybe I could be encouraged to do it more.