As I walked along the tracks at the park there were a lot of dragonflies flying along keeping me company. Sometimes they were fly ahead and then stop, waiting for me to catch up. One time one stopped and faced me waiting. My husband thought they might be waiting for insects that flew up as…
Category: Insects
Teamwork
I love walking around the garden to see what I can spy. Sometimes I have to race back inside to get my Macro lens – not everything can be caught on my long lens. These two were working on opposite sides of the same flower – a lavender.
A bee with pollen
And in this one the pollen collected is a different colour on the bee’s leg.
The bee collecting pollen
And here’s another shot of a bee collecting pollen from a different angle.
Collecting pollen
I’ve had lots of fun following the bees around and watching their activities, sometimes with my long lense and sometimes closer with the macro. Can you see the pollen collected on its back leg?