Lunch
A white Crab Spider captured a Bee who was attending this Butterfly Bush flower. So is Nature, good or bad!
On a Sea of Green
The common red soldier beetle, also misleadingly known as the bloodsucker beetle, and popularly known in England as the Hogweed Bonking Beetle is a species of soldier beetle. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Rhagonycha fulva
A Bee
A Honey Bee on the flowers of the Cranesbills in our yard. The late afternoon sun brings all the details to the forefront. Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills
Dressed for Dinner
Here’s a Wasp! A Yellowjacket I think. But this Yellowjacket has a green jacket! I can’t find any reference to such an occurrence. Strange! It’s approaching a Thistle flower.
2014-08-10: I have learned that this is not a Wasp at all. It is in fact a Metallic Green Bee! Thanks to Der Wandersmann for his advice!
Robin's Photo of the Day 