#pollinator

[miyrumiyru]

He was so beautiful so I had to take a ton of photos! a flying emerald 💚

(M) Alpine Black Swallowtail (Papilio maackii)

[herpsandbirds]

[mollyvega]

This hummingbird hawk moth is Lucian. Their body and wings are 100% silk. I forgot how much I loved painting silk. The brush just glides over it🧡

[typhlonectes]

Watch Ethiopian wolves drink flower nectar, a first for a large carnivore

Pollen coating their muzzles suggests the endangered canids may act as furry pollinators.

With fewer than 500 individuals believed to be alive today, Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis) are the world’s rarest wild canid and Africa’s most endangered carnivore. But when they’re not chowing down on rodents, these lanky, alpine wolf relatives have a bit of a sweet tooth: Researchers report this week in Ecology that the animals enjoy licking nectar from red hot poker flowers (Kniphofia foliosa, seen in the video above), documenting this behavior for the first time in a large predator...

Read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/watch-ethiopian-wolves-drink-flower-nectar-first-large-carnivore

[littlealienproducts]

Gardener Tee by SolsticeHandmadeShop

[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.

[redrcs]

Drink to me only with thine eyes.

[indigrassy]

Bee on blue vervain

[my-name-is-not-victoria]

Fleeting

[notjustbees]

[dragoncuspid]

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

(Photo taken by me on FujiFilm x-t30)

[miyrumiyru]

Polite as flies, sweet as bees 🩷

[thestalebread]

Dr. Doofenshmirtz after he retires and takes up beekeeping: BEHOLD, THE POLLEN-ATOR!!

[mollyvega]

This fuzzy little bumblebee is Gretchen 🖤🐝🖤

[missedmilemarkers]

[addicted2wasps]

My wasp drawing project, is closely coming to a close. I've only got 4 left to draw after this eyeless male Ceratosolen (Agaonidae, Fig wasps). This is a basic sketch that I've been working on. The middle set of legs need to be slightly repositioned, but overall, it's pretty much ready to be coloured. Hopefully the proportions and anatomy are mostly correct! Obviously minor changes still need to be made and will tackle them soon. I'll just have to wait and see how it will look coloured. I can't wait to finish this project. I've been working on it since January of 2024! Also, if there are any inaccuracies or mistakes/corrections, please let me know! I'd be more than happy to be informed so that my drawing is as accurate as possible!