A few more beauties from the Pend d’Oreille:
2: Male macropis on lysimachia.
3: The wet environment that lysimachia loves!
4&5: Macropis females with their super oil-laden pollen loads. Catch-pix-release mode for these girls.
6&7: Another beautiful find, Illiamna rivularis, streambank hollyhock and it’s busy bee, Diadasia. The pollen grains of mallows are large and you can actually see the little grains in these incredible pollen loads.
8: Disgruntled bumblebee giving me the ‘finger’!
9: Blue-eyed beauty, Melissodes on aster.
10: Bombus occidentalis (I think) on invasive knapweed. Wonderful experience to be in this part of the province. Memorable! Thank you @beesofcanada for the suggestions.
#pollinatorsandflowers #bcbees #penddoreille #macropis #lysimachia #illiamnarivularis #streambankmallow #bcinvasives #invasiveknapweed
