There were a lot of buttercups (𝘙𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 sp.) blooming on our last hike on the Wiley Trails, and many of them had these wee bugs on them. The bugs were so tiny it was hard to get a good picture even with the macro lens, but I believe that they're plant bug nymphs (family Miridae), my best guess being black plant bugs (𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳):

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An ant (family Formicidae, sorry I can't guess the species from its butt) investigating a dandelion (𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦), from today's hike at Thompson Park:

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Here's a little fly (maybe 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢) from today's hike on the Wiley Trails. A female, judging by the eyes-- they're well separated, whereas a male's would nearly meet at the top of the head.

The second picture is of the little patch if coltsfoot (𝘛𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘢) she was on-- she's on the upper left flower in the picture, and you can see how tiny she is. She was a good model for my macro lens!  

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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.)

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Bee butt!!

Common eastern bumblebee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) exploring obedient plant (𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢) flowers, from last august:

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Twice-stabbed stink bug (𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢) cozied up inside an obedient plant (𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢) flower, from August:

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