#SpringBeauties

Humber Arboretumhumberarb@mstdn.ca
2023-04-26

Spring Beauties bloom on the forest floor in early spring. The flowers are only about 8mm across. We are not sure how big that makes this beetle(?) spotted inside one today, but we are going to go with "Very Smol". (Closer crop in the replies)

EDIT: Thanks to @nev and @revereche for the ID. Our little friend is some kind of Globular Springtail (Symphpleona)!

#SpringEphemerals #SpringBeauties #Carolinian #Arthropods #Smol #TorontoPlants #TorontoWildlife #Springtails

A small flower with white petals streaked with pink. A tiny insect, a beetle, maybe? Is inside the flower. They have a gold head and straight antenna.
Kelli πŸπŸ„πŸ€πŸŒˆπŸΈπŸ©΅imkwazy
2023-04-16
2023-04-16

Our little field of Spring Beauties (Claytonia virginica, Virginia springbeauty, eastern spring beauty, grass-flower or fairy spud).

The arrival of the Spring Beauties in our yard each year is a sure sign that spring has once again arrived.

My best photographic tool that doesn't attach to my camera is a pair of knee pads. I use them all the time to get close up to small flowers that grow low to the ground or when I'm kneeling on the walk around the gardens.

I crawled around among the Spring Beauties this morning, for instance.

#Flowers #Floral #plants #Florespondence #Art #Mastoart #ArtMatters #ArtOnMastodon #AYearForArt #photo #photos #photography #FlowerPhotography #nature #FlowerArt #gardening #FlowersOfMastodon #FlowerLover #garden #NaturePhotography #PhotographyIsArt #spring #SpringBeauties #AltText

A wooded area covered in grasses and small white flowers.A close up image of a dozen small wild flowers. The flowers have five white petals, which each have a few dark pink lines radiating out from the center. in the center are white stamens with pink pollen pod tops. Some flowers have standing stamens while others have stamens lying down, one on each petal.

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