Early Insects

Another day and a brief window of sunshine meant another trip down to the local lakeside to admire the snowdrops before they disappear with the advance of Spring.

I took the macro lens for it’s first outing of the year in the hope of finding some early bees and pollinators. Fortunately I wasn’t disappointed and found a few hoverflies and bees darting among the white petals, taking advantage of this early glut of pollen.

Honeybee with orange pollen baskets on her legs

Fly dusted with pollen

Hoverfly clinging to a snowdrop petal

A tiny fly turned yellow from pollen

Honeybee foraging

Another fly cleaning it’s legs

Hoverfly searching for nectar

Honeybee with a fetching pair of orange socks!

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Impatiently waiting for Spring

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