Close-up on the Stony Lake Trail
When we hike it is easy to look ahead and get lost in talk, but when we hike along quietly, we can take the time to watch for what is all around us in June – blooming wildflowers and the insects that pollinate them. Other insects feed on the leaves and lay their eggs or are predators. We have to be observant and move slowly to get close enough to see them, and if we are lucky, take a sharp photo.
Even with insects, we try to frame the photo to capture their eyes.
Old man’s whiskers seedheads turn upwards to be later dispersed on the wind. .
A green-winged fly on an arnica bloom.
A Northern Blue resting before resuming its pollinating circuit.
The hairy legs of a bumblebee on purple pea grass.
A beetle on yarrow.
A yellow-backed fly on arnica.
A Northern Blue butterfly pollinates peavine.
Dragonflies feed on mosquitoes and mites.
Vetch if a favorite food for butterflies and their eggs.
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