I was told it was time - and that it was my turn...so:

Pollinators, pests, and pets...OH MY!!

continued from here:
thyme for (more) bees and other bugs on flowers

and here:
Beefriends and Other Friends too!! two and II


And to get things started...archetypal BEEFACE:

I just love that beeface

here's one that's kinda cool

but a little creepy

great photos, Asa and Dirt!!

PERFECT starting post!

And a cool (not too creepy) followup!

I love that beeface Asa! And Dirt, that's a fabulous shot but I agree that face is kind creepy.

Beeface is very cute!!

Dirt, I think your bee is cute in its own way. My what big eyes you have and oh my what a big nose you have....

I didn't get any good bee pics but here's the dragonfly of the day. Usually I take a few photos and hope that I got one good one but all four of the shots came out pretty good, I think, so haven't deleted any.

Wonderful Christine!
don't delete

I love its glowing green eyes!
it is really a sweet, little sand wasp, genus Bembix, likely B. americana, but I can't really know.
Very challenging to photograph in the wind and bad light and it was bouncing all over the place and it just would not pose for me within my range


but here are a couple more

Outstanding Christine!
Stellar Dirt!

Interesting little sand wasp Dirt... it says here http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nat... that its a friendly wasp and you can feed the cute little thing out of your hand if you present it with a fly.

Good to know! I thought it was pretty sweet
I can assure you, though, that it is much faster and agile than I and it will have to catch it's own flies

Great photos, Christine and Dirt!

So I want to know who decided to try feeding the sand wasp out of their hand to see how friendly it was?

Great shots to start a new thread

Beetle on sedum

Nice capture Jack. What a colorful beetle.