Oh hey! Apparently #InsectThursday is a thing. So here you go. Found this guy relaxing next to the roof rails on the Subie and he hung out long enough for me to grab the camera. I moved him before I drove off.
#ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #MicroFourThirds #Bugs #OlympusOMD
Brown-belted bumblebee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴) perched on a sunflower (𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 sp.). 🌻 🐝
(This is one of my favorite pictures I've taken. I took it five years ago and posted it on my previous instance back in 2024, and Throwback Thursday seemed a good excuse to give it a home here as well.)
#InsectThursday #ThrowbackThursday #BloomScrollingWithBee #bumblebee #hymenoptera #insects #BloomScrollingWIthInsect
Yes, cicada are very attractive
Northern Dusk-singing Cicada (Megatibicen grossus)
Cicadas are so pretty! 
This is a northern dog day cicada (𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴) we spotted on the sidewalk last August:
Bee butt!!
Common eastern bumblebee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) exploring obedient plant (𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢) flowers, from last august:
#InsectThursday #BeeButt #BloomScrollingWithBee #bumblebee #bees #hymenoptera #BloomScrollingWIthInsect #insects
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