Tag: insects
Gulf Fritillary (on hedge)
Common Swallowtails
A tiny Marine Blue butterfly on Blue Chalksticks flowers.
A tiny Marine Blue #butterfly on Blue Chalksticks flowers.
The name might seem odd, but when they open their wings, the inside shades to a bright blue near the body.
On PixelFed.Social
On Flickr
On iNaturalist (crop, no commentary)
Cabbage White
Hey look, nectar!
Monarch (Madrona Marsh)
Umbrella Paper Wasp (on windshield)
Common Buckeye
This particular corner seems popular with butterflies. Just about every time I walk by, I see at least two or three.
Western Honey Bee (on Blue Chalksticks)
Marine Blue (on grass & clover)
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WARNING: Use of #iNaturalist may lead you to do things like following wasps around with a camera instead of backing away slowly and looking for the nest.
Please use iNaturalist responsibly.
(That said, the wasps showed no signs of aggression and I got some decent photos!)
#nature #wasps #insects #photo
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28636143
Fiery Skipper (blue chalksticks)
Carolina Sphinx Moth or Five-spotted Hawk Moth
Fiery Skipper (ragged)
There were two of these butterflies, the other in much better shape in terms of both wings and color, but that one was too far away to capture a picture with my phone.
Flies
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (close-up on poppy, liftoff with pollen)
A spotless lady beetle, um, spotted on a weed growing by the sidewalk
A spotless lady #beetle, um, spotted on a weed growing by the sidewalk.
Buckeye Butterfly
Buckeye #butterfly spotted in a field near LAX airport. There were a lot of butterflies of at least three types flitting about in the mustard, but this is the only one that stayed still long enough for me to catch a photo.
Final landing approach (honey bee and Matilija poppy)
Final landing approach….
(Same hike as the duck photo I posted earlier today.)
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On Flickr
Matilija Poppy on iNaturalist
Bee on iNaturalist