Category: insect behavior

• Free: Three versions of bumblebee at white vetch flowers

  I am loving giving some of my photos away on Pexels.com, with the understanding that those who are inspired to do so will make a contribution to this extremely dedicated photographer, photo editor, videographer, etc. Here are three versions of a photograph of a tricolored (Hunt’s?) bumblebee hovering by white vetch flowers. (Vetches are in […]

  jwilce

  January 25, 2023

  #bees, #bumblebees, #colors, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #northern Arizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, #wings, insect behavior, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography

  #Arizona, #getolympus, #insects, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, bumblebees, content-aware move tool, Flagstaff, Hymenoptera, pea plants, Photoshop, pollinators, vetch, white flowers, winged insects

• Bee healthy!

  Honeybees, hive killers, and vaccines Without pollinators, we might not have food. With pollinators come food and beauty. Beauty like this — https://jim-wilce.pixels.com/featured/the-blue-knighthood-of-bees-jim-wilce.html or this freebie for y’all At a time when disease is wiping out whole insect colonies, a new vaccine shows promise in fighting the bacteria that have been destroying honeybee colonies. Here […]

  jwilce

  January 21, 2023

  #bees, #colors, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, #wings, Arizona, insect behavior, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography

  #insects, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, bees, echinacea, flowers, honeybees

• Dragonflies mating mid-air

  One of my favorite places in Flagstaff is Frances Short Pond. It is a hotspot for members of the Order Odonata— dragonflies and damselflies like the one below, which is, I believe, a “bluet.” But now the show I promised—a shaky video of two orange dragonflies and their mid-air mating dance. The still photos on […]

  jwilce

  September 30, 2016

  #dragonflies, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #mating rituals, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photography, #photonarratives, #wildlife photography, #wings, animal behavior, Arizona, insect behavior, insect photography

  #Arizona, #insects, #nature, #parks, #photoblog, #photography, #wings, Flagstaff