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Some blooms from there garden!

The two sunflowers are two of three, the other one hasn't flowered and may not. I love the difference in colour and brightness of them. One a burnt orange and the other a very bright yellow.

A rudbeckia that's doing really well, these were a gift that has done well and seems to be going from strength to strength.

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Rudbeckia, a large many petalled yellow flower with a large fuzzy cone in the centre. The background has other rudbeckia slowly opening their flowers

Two sunflowers, one above the other. The large orange flower above the other, a small shiny-green fly sits central in the flowerhead. The petals are oramge and tipped in yellow.

The sunflower beneath is a bright yellow, almost a beacon compared to the other.

Adult and pupal variegated ladybugs (𝘏𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢) on Queen Anne's lace (𝘋𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘢), from this morning's hike on the Wiley Trails:

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Top down view of a flower cluster consisting of many tiny white flowers. In the center are a pair of ladybugs. The one on the lower left is a classic adult ladybug with black head with white markings and a black-dotted orange back. The one on the upper right looks more like a curled up orange and black pill bug, because it's in its pupal stage. Clinging to the left edge of the flower cluster is another pupa.

It was finally cool enough to hike again this morning, and we found this little oddity hiding in the goldenrod. Looking like the product of a mad scientist who was assembling centaurs but ran out of human and horse parts and decided to substitute mantis and wasp bits, this is a brown wasp mantidfly (𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘢):

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A closeup of some goldenrod flowers, on which is perched an insect whose front half looks like a praying mantis and whose back half looks like a wasp.

Pure green sweat bee (𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘢) on a dandelion (𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦), from Thompson Park:

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A lovely little shiny metallic green bee on a dandelion flower.

Closeup of a shiny metallic green bee perched on a dandelion flower, seemingly looking towards the camera.

Globe thistle with a bit of a death star vibe. And a couple of bugs.
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A globe thistle with prickly, evil-looking leaves topped by a cluster of spiky blue-green spheres, one of which has a cap of tiny white florets. A small copper and brown beetle with six legs, folded wings, and long curved antennae is poking around amid the florets. A fly-like insect sits on one of the leaves.

Another guest picture taken by my teen: an eastern bumblebee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) on chicory (𝘊𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺𝘣𝘶𝘴)

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A cute little fuzzy black and yellow bumblebee, wings folded demurely on her back, saddlebags swollen with yellow pollen, perched diagonally in the center of a flower with many pale blue petals with serrated ends.

#SilentSunday #OregonOutdoors #PNW #WoodenShoeTulipFarm #iPhonePhotography #MacroPhotography #Bees #Sunflower #Bloomscrolling #BloomscrollingWithInsect #BloomscrollingWithBee

A close-up of a bumblebee feeding on the bright yellow center of a sunflower, with detailed textures of both the bee and the flower's petals visible.

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A close-up of a honeybee on a bright yellow sunflower, showcasing the flower's intricate center and the bee's detailed features.

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Black and yellow striped butterfly on a red flower.

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Handsful of bumblebees on each flower of a giant kardoen. Here you see a closeup of one flower where I tried to catch all seven bumblebees, but some are hiding

Really liking the abundance of insect life we're able to enjoy with the dry weather.

#BloomscrollingWithInsect #Bloomscrolling #Hoverflies

A small hoverfly flying above the red petals of a field poppy.
The leaf closest camera is folded down on itself showing the red and black dots at the base of the petal and the stamen, etc.
The hoverfly has 3 dark bands on its abdomen

#BloomScrolling #BloomScrollingWithInsect #InsektenSamstag

Ein oranger Distelfalter auf rosa Fliederblüte

Aber eigentlich ist das ja ein sogenannter Schmetterlingsflieder. Und das hat auch einen Grund.
Oder etwa ein Dutzend Gründe, was ich gerade so schätze... 🦋🦋🦋

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