Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Saguaro Bloom!

They don't bloom like this very often, so I had to stop and take pictures of this one.


I won't bore you with repeated pictures of this same bloom, although I took several.
I will post some crops I made when I noticed something that has me puzzled.
Notice the large honey bee above the flower and the much tinier bee off to the right. 

Now either the smaller bee is being carried or this is an optical illusion due to the juxtaposition of the two flying close together.
According to the experts at http://bugguide.net this is likely some kind of wasp which looks a lot like a honey bee, and that it is carrying of its prey.  How about that! Cool stuff and a lucky shot (although it could have been better focused).

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