Tiny bee on a shallot blossom.
Bumblebee on knapweed.
Ghost in the woods.
Frog in puddle after heavy rain.
Bumblebee on burdock blossom.
Moth on lily.
A view.
A fabulous worm.
Pumpkin overrunning a lazy gardener's watering can.
Bumblebee on bee balm, a native mint.
"For the bee, honey is the ultimate reality. It represents the fulfillment of her life mission, the triumph over her enemies, the continuity of the hive, the justification for working herself to death. Honey is to bees what money in the bank is to people—a measure of prosperity and well-being. But there is nothing abstract or symbolic about honey, as there is about money, which has no intrinsic value. There is more real wealth in a pound of honey, or a load of manure for that matter, than all the currency in the world. We often destroy the world's real wealth to create an illusion of wealth, confusing symbol and substance."—Wm. Longgood, The Queen Must Die
3 comments:
Could your moth be the white admiral butterfly, Limenitis arthemis? I can't tell from the photo what the tips of those antenna are up to (if they are thickened like a club, then it's a butterfly)
That was tiny thing--maybe 1/2 tops. I do happen to have a couple of White Admiral pics, which I will post momentarily. When I have a chance, I have an ancient tome on moths of north america...I will see if I can find that thing. How hard can it be? (Famous last words.)
Now, that's a project: there about 12,000 species of Lepidoptere in US & Canada, and with only 760 of these butterflies & skippers, the rest are moths.
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