18+ aldercone , to random
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I was takin pictures of this tiny purple flower and an even tinier spider photobombed it
:cassowary:

(sens for spider even tho it's lil)

18+ aldercone OP ,
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Not the best bumble bee photograph but the best bumble bee.

(sens for bug)

BjornIdle , to random
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The flowers of teucrium fruticans daub the back of a bumblebee with pollen as the bee gathers nectar. Here you can see the before / after on the same bee after it had visited a few flowers

The same bee see on another flower. Now we can see pollen dust across its back, and the anthers standing away from the bee

Rihilism , to random
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Bumblebee on purple coneflower.
(06/11/23)

Closeup image of a bumblebee atop the center of a purple coneflower. The bee is facing right with one eye visible. Purple coneflowers have purple petals that radiate from a center containing tricolor florets. Only the flower's florets are visible and each floret is green at the base, orange in the center, and deep red at the tip. This species of bumblebee (likely the brown-belted species) has a black abdomen covered in fine, black hairs, a "belt" of brownish hairs where the abdomen meets the thorax, a thorax covered in fine, yellow hairs, a black head covered in brown-black hairs, two large compound eyes and three, small simple eyes, two short antennae, large mandibles and pointed proboscis, and six legs with long hairs on the hind legs used to store gathered pollen.
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