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speedbudget.bsky.social
#GardenReport #NativePollinator #NativeGarden
I found what I think is a buckeye butterfly pupa.
A butterfly pupa disguised to resemble pine tree bark hangs from a branch.
October 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
#nativepollinator #hummingbird #birdsofBluesky #birdsofFrontRange #plumescrolling
A Calliope hummingbird sits on a rose twig. We have no nesting Calliopes in Colorado, so this one is probably a young male migrating down from the PNW.
A tint hummingbird perches on a rose twig. It's a Calliope hummingbird - it has a creamy white breast edged with orange on the sides its head, wings, back and dots on its throat are iridescent green, it has a short straight beak. Its tail is shorter than its wings.
August 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
I have never had as many hummingbirds in my yard as I have this summer. They are so intent on feeding they don't pay any attention to me and my camera.
Note the stamens dusting its head.🦜🌱🌿🍃
#nativepollinator #hummingbird #birdsofBluesky #birdsofFrontRange #plumescrolling #birdsofFrontRange
Close-up of a Calliope hummingbird with its beak completely inserted into a long thin scarlet Agastache flower. The stamens are dusting pollen onto the top of its head.
August 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
ne-bugs-and-beasts.bsky.social
Today we have a #CreatureFeature!

#CreatureFeature #creaturefeature #invertebrate #invertebrates #insects #insectphotography #photography #photographs #lepidoptera #butterfly #butterflies #pollinator #nativepollinator #coolbugfacts #DidYouKnow #didyouknow #hairstreak #grayhairstreak
August 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
#WingtipWednesday
#nativepollinator #hummingbird #birdsofBluesky #birdsofFrontRange #plumescrolling
This broadtailed hummingbird rocketed towards me, then realized that I was in her way. Hard stop!
I've never seen the feathers in her wing pits deploy as air brakes before.
A hummingbird has her wings fully outstretched as she comes to a sudden stop. Feathers in her "armpits" point straight down, acting as extreme airbreaks. One foot is visible, as if she is putting it down to help her slow her speed. Her tongue is barely visible in a small blep. She has iridescent green feathers on her head and as stripes radiating from her beak to her chest. Her chest is white, with reddish-tan along the edges. Her wings are translucent.
August 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
ne-bugs-and-beasts.bsky.social
One thing I love about summer is seeing Skippers fluttering about.

#invertebrate #invertebrates #insects #insectphotography #photography #photographs #lepidoptera #butterfly #butterflies #pollinator #nativepollinator #flower #skipper #skipperbutterfly
August 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
#hummingbird #birds #nativepollinator #nativeplants #birdsofBluesky #plumescrolling #FrontRangeNature
Female broad-tailed hummingbird hovers in mid-air as she drinks from a small, pale red yucca flower.
August 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
wendy-jayne.bsky.social
Brown-belted bumble bee, visiting the swamp milkweed. I love happy fat bumble season! #bugsky #bumblebee #nativepollinator #beesky (is beesky a thing?) #insect
A fuzzy yellow and black brown-belted bumble bee rests on the little pink flowers of swamp milkweed
July 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
#plumescrolling #FrontRangeNature #hummingbird #birds #nativepollinator 🦜🌿🌱🐝
On-the-wing shot of female broadtailed hummingbird hawking for insects this morning.
Ealy morning light hits a hummingbird as it hovers in mid air.
July 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
amylawscigeek.bsky.social
#nativepollinator #tonguoutTuesday
#bumblebee
Bumblebee dips its tongue into a lavendar flower to gather nector.
A large yellow and black bumblebee perches on a lavendar plant. It is sticking its long black tongue into the white lavendar flower. Bumblebees are native pollinators.
July 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
wendy-jayne.bsky.social
Look who's here! One #bumblebee is better than none 🐝 #nativepollinator #nativebees #nativeplants #penstemon
June 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
farmerbobo.bsky.social
The beginnings of the demolition for my new #nativepollinator #resistancegarden
April 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
seaflowerspins.bsky.social
One of the nicest things to happen in the last few weeks is the discovery of blue-banded bees regularly snacking in the salvia. Here’s a little homage to them. 😊💙🧶
#bluebandedbee #nativebee #nativepollinator #australian #craft #watercolour #permissiontosuckatsomething
A watercolour sketch of red bonfire salvia flowers visited by an Australian native blue-banded bee. The bee’s head and thorax are fluffy brown and its abdomen is black with 4 blue stripes, indicating that this is a female bee.
March 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
lunanara87.bsky.social
November is here, and our still flowering plants are being lovingly scoured by bees and butterflies. #gardening #nativepollinator #ga #farmlife #homestead
Georgia native honey bee on marigold flower.
November 12, 2024 at 2:45 AM