[SPOTLIGHT] Pollinators
Eulophidae sp. wasp on the flower of a cobbler's peg. Oxley Creek, QLD.
Pollen covered beetle sips dew drops from a rose petal. Kyogle, NSW.
Flower beetles feed on nectar in a gumnut flower. Mt Coot-tha,QLD.
Brown flower beetle on a paper daisy. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Brown flower beetle on a paper daisy. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Carpenter bee (Xylocopa) applies her abdomen and vibrates it rapidly to induce the release of pollen. Kyogle, NSW.
Beautiful metallic green Halictid bee does laps round and round the centre of this bramble rose, occaisionally rolling around like a cat in catnip. Kyogle, NSW.
Comb-clawed pollen-eating beetle enjoys some pollen. Kyogle, NSW.
Tiny beetle helps pollinate a citrus flower. Bunya, QLD.
Thrips doing whatever thrips do in the heart of a white daisy. Gayndah, QLD.
Bumnut? Toowong, QLD.
Common hover fly on paper daisy. Toowong, QLD.
Common hover fly on paper daisy. Toowong, QLD.
Salvia flowers are shaped perfectly to deposit their pollen on the hairy backs of bees that come to collect nectar. Toowong, QLD.
Green bug explores food options on a pink paper daisy. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) collects nectar from a pink Grevillea. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Tiny flies congregate on the sex bits of a yellow hibiscus flower. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
FLower beetle carries pollen in a yellow hibiscus flower. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Yellow Hibiscus flower attracts swarms of tiny flies that look like aphids. Flower beetle carries pollen around. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Leafcutter bee (Megachile) collects pollen from a cobbler's peg flower. Oxley Creek, QLD.
Tiny metallic bee collects pollen on a thistle flower. She is packing the pollen under her abdomen rather than on her legs.
Homalictus Bee in Bottle Brush
Metallic green bee works hard in a forest of bottle brush flowers. Bee hairs are designed to collect pollen, as she cleans she packs it under her abdomen.
Hover Fly lays into a salvia, nomnomnom.
A small bug on a small flower. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Hover fly. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
A hover fly has lunch on a white flower. How nice would it be to have lunch on a flower? Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Bee fly helps pollinate cobbler's pegs. Ironbark Gully, QLD.
Leafcutter Bee on Cosmos Flower
Megachile bee is gathering pollen and possibly nectar from the heart of a cosmos flower. Kyogle, NSW.
Aussie native leafcutter bee (Megachile Sp.) on a salvia flower. Mt Coot-tha, Qld.