A New Hope (for honeybees)

[Jae Onasi]

Well, our asters bloomed, and we have been blessed with some very cool bees and butterflies. I was able to get some photos today and they turned out better than I expected--yay for a 7.1 megapixel camera. The photos here are taken with a Fuji Finepix S700 on macro mode. I counted 4 different kinds of bees--bumblebees, honeybees (I think), some sweat bees (I think--they had metallic green heads), and another one I couldn't identify (very small with bright yellow stripes--could be a small wasp). I also had 4 different species of butterflies--Monarchs, Red Admirals, Fiery Skippers, and Cabbage Whites. I'm not a butterfly expert, so if I'm off on the names, forgive me.

 

Here's the Cabbage White butterfly and a Honeybee:

 

Here's a Bumblebee with pollen sacs on its back legs.

 

Here's a Fiery Skipper:

 

A closer view of a Cabbage White:

 

Here's a Red Admiral. It has a torn wing.

 

One of my favorites--a Monarch.

[HerbieZ]

Im not sure if it's the zoom but if i ever see a Fiery Skipper in this country, il move to France.

[Jae Onasi]

Heh, that butterfly is only about an inch or so long and is a lovely shade of gold.