Bees and Butterflies

Posted on July 28th, 2010 in Photography

Our garden has been in full bloom the last weeks, and thanks to the good weather there has been quite a bit of insect activity.

Especially the Oregano flowers (Wild Marjoram) attract a lot of bees.

Aside from the bees there was also this female Gatekeeper, or Hedge Brown, butterfly. You can distinguish male and female Gatekeepers by the dark streaks on top of the male’s wings, a random fact I picked up while determining the kind of butterfly it was.

Obviously attracted by other insects, this small yellow crab spider was trying to ambush smaller insects like fruit flies, too bad for him (or is it a her?) only bees and butterflies came close.

You can view the rest of the photos on Flickr

I still have quite a few photos to process, so the set will probably expand in the coming days.