2023-05-11

Ants and bees

A few photos taken around the cabin yesterday. It's so easy to miss the beautiful but tiny critters.

Camonotus castaneus, chestnut carpenter ant

An orange ant is on top of a green bulb of an unopened flower. The ant is facing the camera, aiming towards the left bottom corner

Augochlora pura, a solitary sweat bee found in the Eastern US.

A small green bee is collecting pollen from a small white and pink aster with a yellow center

Halictus ligatus, a eusocial sweat bee

A small black bee with yellow striped abdomen is collecting pollen from a white aster with a yellow center