Friday Night Photos Pollinator Edition
Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 05/17/2024 - 5:00pm
Happy Friday everyone. I hope everybody is doing well. Post any photos, memes, or music you like.
Pollinators are an incredible group of animals that ensure the health of our ecosystems by helping plants to reproduce. Without them life as we know it would cease to exist. 1,200 crops and over 180,000 species of plants require pollination. That's a lot of work for some very small critters. Most of that work is done by bees, flies, beetles, butterflies, and moths.
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We've got bees crawling all over
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the hollies out front. The bee box house I built years ago is now a go to place
for the mason bees. Wonder why it took them so long to find it?
This is my partner's idea of a defensive strategy on a board game.
and a shot of a lilac w/out bees just picked, still dripping wet and sweet smelling
thanks for the shots social!
and another from Benefit -- can't help myself
Hi, QMS.
The mashmallow defense. I haven't seen that used in ages.
Your lilacs look like fertile ground for the pollinators.
Love the Jethro Tull selections. It's been a long time since I've heard "To Cry You A Song".
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Hi Q
Thank you for the Tull and the Lilacs. I sure miss the fragrance of Lilacs.
Benefit!
Hey Capt.!
Great strategy in gamery... LOL
Benefit rules. I can sing every word of it, just not all on key. I play To Cry you a Song riff... Have the vinyl here of course...
P.S. have a great trip!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
We have both the American and Brit versions
of that LP on vinyl. My hubster is a Tullhead (similar to a Deadhead, LOL). "Teacher" will always be one of my all-time fave rock tunes.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Buy the bye
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the chorus of the spring peepers in the ponds is melodic now!
Soon the tree frogs will join in the rhapsody.
The sounds of spring.
I only hear frogs
during the winter months where I live. This time of year I hear the Cassin's Kingbird calling in the early morning hours. They start in around 4am and go until a little after sunup.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
the peepers start about dusk
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continue on till about midnight
tree frogs go on all night but seem
to fluctuate depending on groupie
noise - a couple start then the rest
join in. Kinda fun to listen to the lingo.
that is a great song SP!
Hey SP!
Their 'dawn chorus' singing (which is really pre-dawn) of Cassin's Kingbird is outstanding... so excited about the new day coming... listened to many a morn from my sleeping bag somewhere waiting for it to get light enough to bird.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
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and the peepers! Those are some of the best night sounds ever.
Sleep well
gotta get the boat ready
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heading to Maine
Watch out for those sleeper waves, I
hear that they're huge up there.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Looks like fun
Have a good time in Maine.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Great pics, sp, thanks. I personally have few pollinator pics,
but here's one from Alaska many years ago.
I generally don't get pics of these, maybe simply because there are tons around
This is more my kind of bug photo, a garden spider hatch on an outdoor hose reel
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
spiders are fun
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got lots of them here
it is weird how in the middle of the night
while reading in my chair
they come out and watch me
we have a subliminal discussion
about spider versus human relations
Yeah, they're out there. Some source once stated that, on
average, you are never more than 4 feet from a spider.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Hi, EL
Nice selection of pollinators. I was seeing a lot of Monarch butterflies around here about a year ago but they've been scarce the last few months. I see lots of spiders in my yard all the time but I have yet to see a spider hatch. Hopefully some day soon.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
spiders from mars
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they have a different way about nthem
Jumping spiders are cool.
They're regular visitors in my backyard. This is one I spotted in one of my Rosemary plants a few years ago.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Hi Social
Funny and great music choice to go with the busyness of bees and other pollinators, including the human variety ; )
Thank you for your photos and humour. I might refer to you in the future as Social in So Cal.
Have a fun weekend!
you can call me anything you want
as long as it's not late to dinner.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Evening all
Sea Grass
Nikau and Ponga Patterns
Just for fun
Be well all and enjoy
Hi, Janis
Nice variety of patterns. Is that some kind of fruit in the last photo?
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
It's a purple passionfruit
Have you tried any, they are deliciously sweet and tart.
I've never had passionfruit
I'll have to give on a try.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Calling you for dinner then! n/t
nice pics!
Hi Janis,
Neat photos as always. Lovely seashells in your seagrass. Neat patterns, and nice passion, fruit.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Hi pixelators
Hi all, Hey SP!
GREAT bug shots SP!
Whaddyknow, a Milkweed Bug on that Milkweed. Whooda thunk? Isn't that 'Tropical Milkweed' in Image 4?
Hummingbirds are fairly important pollinators for many plants too. Sunbirds fill that niche in the 'old world'. Bats too deserve mention, Saguaro is bat pollinated.
Everything is connected.
Thanks for the outstanding shots and OT SP!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
'Everything is connected'
As Einstein says that's what you get when you 'look deep into nature'. Thank you dystopian for your sig line, plus your eyes on nature. It's always appreciated.
I'm not all that knowledgable
when it comes to plants or bugs so I did a search and it appears it is indeed tropical milkweed and a milkweed bug. Thanks for the identification.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Hi pixelators
Hi all,
I gotta fly so a hit and run...
A male Yellow Warbler was at the bath last weekend... finally got a shot showing some of the red streaks of breeding plumage. Is brighter than here in shade, and gets even more extensive too.
As much as they feed in flowers, surely warblers, vireos, orioles, and other birds are important pollinators too.
Happy trails all!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Honestly d, you have the cutest birds ever visiting you
It's such a pleasure to see them. They look so personable!
Hi, dystopian
What a beautiful looking bird. I seen them at Santee Lakes every once in a while. Have yet to get a photo of one.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Visiting here every weekend is such
a treat for me.
Sp, your next-to-last photo tickled my funnybone. Wonderful images, all. Haven't seen bees, but the butterflies and moths are showing up. I think I mentioned seeing a Monarch near my orchids. 
Anywho, storms and storm season are the news here. The Panhandle has been getting slammed. It's not even H3ll/Hurricane Season yet! Liked the tunes, too. Stay safe, you all. Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Hi, orlbucfan
I was at an orchid exhibit on Wed. There was one orchid there that smelled like Vick's Vapor Rub. Not sure if that helps it attract pollinators or not but it sure attracted a lot of people.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.