A fat bumblebee gathering nectar from milkweed flowers.
I know what you're thinking and yes, that's caterpillar poop! Also known as frass.
I call these owl butterflies, but I have no idea what kind they are.
A daintly flutterby ... see more on flickr.
8 comments:
That bee is beautiful! Great, great photo!
Love your photos! The butterflies are beautiful and I've never seen frass in such detail! :D
thanks! : ) Hope you all had a great weekend!
Hi Golly,
A. I LOVE your watercolors! So lovely.
B. It's a buckeye: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junonia_coenia
C. The small blue butterfly is probably an eastern tailed blue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Tailed-Blue
Thanks for your blog - I love reading it!
Mikaela: Thank you so much for the butterfly identification!
Stunning photos Holly-xx
Now that's an incredible macro lens...what is it?
Lari: it's only a cannon elph. Not very fancy at all.
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