Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities

[ashley]

Great photos Fred
Recently I noticed a strikingly big hoverfly very like this one although dead in a web in the greenhouse.

[fredg]

That's the thing with these spiders Ashley, they're not that houseproud.

[fredg]

Where this plant came from or what it is is a mystery. The Leaf Cutter Bees love it so it stays. They used to prefer Daphne but this one is the favourite this year.
The annoying thing is I never saw a single bee on the plant.

[Gail]

I've had leaf cutters on my daphne for the first time this year, and peonies too. But likewise never see them at it...

[fredg]

Another couple of pollinators on the sunflowers.

[fredg]

Sometimes you just have to try to grab an image.

[fredg]

[Gail]

That's a brilliant shot Fred. He is delightfully furry!

[fredg]

TY Gail.

I'd just like to point out that I'm using an old Fujifilm FinePix S1730 bridge camera on these pollinator photos. No need for expensive ( and relatively heavy) camera equipment for this kind of photography.
These photos are all taken handheld and above my head.

[fredg]

And every one's a fluffy one.



Length 12mm

[fredg]

I wanted to show the change in colour of the petals as the flowers on this Delosperma mature. I did manage to get the different colours but the insect kept photo bombing. No idea (so far) what the insect is but with those antennae it's not a Hoverfly.





This is a Hoverfly.



It happily had a wash and brush up on the back of my left hand.
Ergo the photo is taken one handed

[ashley]

... the insect kept photo bombing. No idea (so far) what the insect is but with those antennae it's not a Hoverfly.

It looks like a solitary bee but I've no idea which.

[fredg]

The closest I can get is one of the carpenter bees

[fermi de Sousa]

The closest I can get is one of the carpenter bees

Karen or Richard?
cheers
fermi

[fredg]

Karen or Richard?
cheers
fermi

For all we know, it's going to take some time from this moment on (as) we've only just begun.