#pollinator

[herpsandbirds]

[bedupolker]

If you're having a rough day it might help you to know that bees play soccer! Happy pollinator week!

[julianplum]

🪻🌱🐝 💜 🌿 ✨ // violets & violet miner bees // part of my natives + pollinators series // gouache on paper

tiny violet miner bees (Andrena violae) are a specific pollinator: they pollinate wood & dog violets in the Northeast, and show a strong preference for blue violets. letting your grassy yard rewild itself and grow violets every spring not only lets you make violet syrup, it also gives violet miner bees their most important food source and increases local pollinator diversity.

[indigrassy]

Bee on blue vervain

[missedmilemarkers]

[dragoncuspid]

Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe)

(Photo taken by me on FujiFilm x-t30)

[kimlion1313]

Ixora & friend

Sebastian, FL - Aug 24

[notjustbees]

[fatchance]

White-winged dove / paloma alas blancas (Zenaida asiatica), perched on a saguaro blossom.

The dove has been burying its head deep in the flower for a taste of nectar; its head is glowing with a golden blush of sticky pollen.

At Tohono Chul, Tucson, Arizona.

[anim-otd]

Animal of the day: Snowberry clearwing hummingbird moth! (Hemaris diffinis) The clearwing hummingbird moth is a North American species of moth, inhabiting Canada and some parts of the United States! It uses its long proboscis to sip sweet nectar from flowers and has a bumblebee-like coloration, leading gardeners to sometimes believe that they are looking at a bumblebee instead of a moth! It even emits an audible humming sound with its wings, much like bees and of course, their namesake, the hummingbirds! The larvae of this species enjoy plants such as honeysuckle and dogbane! Image source: https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-moth.htm

[strayfriend]

Found this gulf fritillary sideways in a tray of water under my plants. I thought it was a goner and plucked it out by the wing tips, but it immediately started moving it's legs and abdomen so I set it down to dry off. I wouldn't have touched the wings at all if I had realized! I don't know if it's too weak and hurt to leave but it has a safe place here until the storm passes.

[jenfoundabug]

Fly feeding on nectar and/or pollen. I very often see more flies on flowers than Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, etc) or Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). Let's save not just the bees, but all the bugs, regardless of how they look <3 (with exceptions when it comes to public health, invasive species, agriculture, etc) Species unknown, superfamily Oestroidea Northeastern Pennsylvania, US

[bedupolker]

Happy pollinator week to a type of dinosaur that has a sword strapped to its face: the hummingbird.

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

A great golden digger wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) sipping some mint tea :-)

[indigrassy]

Beeutiful butterfly

[missedmilemarkers]

This hardworking bee is all about that flower power! It's enjoying the vibrant bloom, soaking in the summer vibes.