This #bee appears to be scratching an itch with one of its rear legs. #insect #Hymenoptera #orange #macro #itch #nature

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This #bee appears to be scratching an itch with one of its rear legs. #insect #Hymenoptera #orange #macro #itch #nature

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I've been trying to get a photo of one of these #bees for weeks. Finally got this one to stay still long enough for a shot. Not entirely sure what kind of bee this is, but pretty certain it is in the #Megachilidae family. #insect #Hymenoptera #macro #garden #bee

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I've been trying to get a photo of one of these #bees for weeks. Finally got this one to stay still long enough for a shot. Not entirely sure what kind of bee this is, but pretty certain it is in the #Megachilidae family. #insect #Hymenoptera #macro #garden #bee

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Some sort of prickly true bug nymph. Assassin bug? Wheel bug? Any thoughts? #Hemiptera #insect #macro

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Hello lovely aubergine, I'm going to put you in my belly tonight. #aubergine #eggplant #garden #vegetables #foid #dinner

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All the #monarda is flowering! Bring on the hummingbirds! #garden #flowers

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Keeping with the theme of Pollinator Week, here is another little #bee, this one visiting a cosmos flower. #insect #Hymenoptera #macro #pollinator #pollinatorweek #garden #cosmosflower

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Keeping with the theme of Pollinator Week, here is another little #bee, this one visiting a cosmos flower. #insect #Hymenoptera #macro #pollinator #pollinatorweek #garden #cosmosflower

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#skipper face. #Lepidoptera #insect #pollinator #macro

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Another pollinator #bee. This one some species of little bumblebee I saw up in the mountains on the Blue Ridge Parkway this weekend. #hymenoptera #insect #pollinator #pollinatorweek2016 #macro #nature #blueridgeparkway

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Another pollinator #bee. This one some species of little bumblebee I saw up in the mountains on the Blue Ridge Parkway this weekend. #hymenoptera #insect #pollinator #pollinatorweek2016 #macro #nature #blueridgeparkway

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Didn't even realize that this is National Pollinator Week so here is another bee photo today, of my favorite, an Agapostemon bee collecting pollen from a lovely blue chicory flower. Happy Pollinator Week! #bee #hymenoptera #insect #pollinator #pollinatorweek #pollinatorweek2016 #agapostemon #macro #chicory #garden

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Didn't even realize that this is National Pollinator Week so here is another bee photo today, of my favorite, an Agapostemon bee collecting pollen from a lovely blue chicory flower. Happy Pollinator Week! #bee #hymenoptera #insect #pollinator #pollinatorweek #pollinatorweek2016 #agapostemon #macro #chicory #garden

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#bee face! #insect #hymenoptera #macro #nature #yellow #garden

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#bee face! #insect #hymenoptera #macro #nature #yellow #garden

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#bee face! #insect #hymenoptera #macro #nature #yellow #garden

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One of our lovely hibiscus flowers has opened. #flower #garden #outdoors #hibiscus

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Tree hopper. #insect #Hemiptera #macro #nature #green

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Tree hopper. #insect #Hemiptera #macro #nature #green

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Colorful katydid nymph. #insect #green #macro #green

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Assassin bug nymph (genus Sinea) with leafhopper prey (Graphocephala fennahi). #insect #macro #Hemiptera #nature #green

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Assassin bug nymph (genus Sinea) with leafhopper prey (Graphocephala fennahi). #insect #macro #Hemiptera #nature #green

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Purple carrot flowers. The pollinators love this. #garden #flowers #outdoors #carrot

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#tigridia aka peacock #flower or tiger-flower. #garden #outdoors

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Grapevine #beetle, aka spotted June beetle (Pelidnota punctata). #insect #coleoptera #nature

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Grapevine #beetle, aka spotted June beetle (Pelidnota punctata). #insect #coleoptera #nature

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Inky cap #mushrooms

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#mantis head #macro #insect #nature #green

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#mantis head #macro #insect #nature #green

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#cypella #garden #flowers

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Yay! Opuntia is flowering. #opuntia #pricklypear #cactus #flower #garden #yellow

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#monarda #garden

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#cosmos #garden

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