I cannot resist their charm--must take pictures and share them

That other thread was getting so long I decided to start over--
with this here new version, dedicated to all the photo bombing residents and visitors that make me take their pictures and post them

I don't know what happens...it's like they have some kind of personal gravity that pulls the lens...

One of the natives was posing today (they are usually so quick I never get an opportunity like this)



Bee action within the reticulated iris is hard to capture

bee butts going in and coming out or a bee sandwich



for spring! Let the show begin

Great shots Dirt!

oh my, you actually have crocuses and spring time, Dirt??
Here, we still have nothing but snow...

Beautiful Dirt! We are still seeing snow but know spring is right around the corner

Awesome Dirt! Bee sandwiches -- LOVE it!

This is a neat one...



Thanks, dirtdolphins, for starting a new thread. I loved the last one and the pics from the initial post in this one are incredible!

Lygus hesperus, I think.

Stupendous!

Thanks... really made my day. Keep up the good work

Scilla and tulip, I think...and oooooh, the blue pollen!

Kewl blue.

First butterfly or moth or whatever it is of the season. Not pleased with the focus - it didn't stick around but for a second...but it's kind of neat anyway.

Pollenface!!!

...greedy little thing. Shame that that the next clicks were not in focus, but it was streaming off her face.

I love the rainbow wings.

I love pollenface!

Nice

check this out--

bee on flower--nothing unusual here...

next frame, bee falls off flower! what the?

I was a little shocked too, but she pretended like no one saw that and hopped back on the flower and I missed that shot,
next frame, acting like nothing happened

nonchalantly crawling up the flower,

but now she's really hanging on!

Your pictures are great! Do bees get tipsy?

I would have loved to have seen that. Looks like she got recombobulated pretty quickly, though.