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 (๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ด) perched on a sunflower (๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด sp.). ๐ป ๐
(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 (๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด) we spotted on the sidewalk last August:
Bee butt!!
Common eastern bumblebee (๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด) exploring obedient plant (๐๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ข ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ข) flowers, from last august:
#InsectThursday #BeeButt #BloomScrollingWithBee #bumblebee #bees #hymenoptera #BloomScrollingWIthInsect #insects
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