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Jean-Michel HAROUY
Azuré Commun, Azuré de la Bugrane, Argus bleu, Azuré d'Icare, Icare, Lycène Icare, Argus Icare
Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/297630505
https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/54279?lg=fr

Le dessus des ailes du mâle est bleu vif avec une fine bordure noire et des franges blanches unies. Les mâles des générations estivales et automnales ont une nuance violette plus ou moins marquée. Le dessus des ailes des femelles est brun avec des lunules oranges marginales qui n'atteignent pas l'apex. Les femelles des générations suivantes ont parfois le dessus des ailes avec une suffusion bleue.

#Arthropoda > #Insecta > #Lepidoptera > #Lycaenidae

#wildlife #nature #naturephotography #biodiversity #ecosystem #écosystème #insectes #insects #bugs #insecte #insect #bug #insectphotography #butterflies #papillons #butterfly #papillon #pollination #pollinisation #pollinator #pollinisateur
#canoneos760d #sigmadgmacrohsm105mm
#nogenerativeAI #nonobtenueparIA
#nonobtenueparia
Nicole Sharp

Listening for Pollinators

Can plants recognize the sound of their pollinators? That’s the question behind this recently presented acoustic research. As bees and other pollinators hover, land, and take-off, their bodies buzz in distinctive ways. Researchers recorded these subtle sounds from a Rhodanthidium sticticum bee and played them back to snapdragons, which rely on that insect. They found that the snapdragons responded with an increase in sugar and nectar volume; the plants even altered their gene expression governing sugar transport and nectar production. The researchers suspect that the plants evolved this strategy to attract their most efficient pollinators and thereby increase their own reproductive success. (Image credit: E. Wilcox; research credit: F. Barbero et al.; via PopSci)

#acoustics#biology#fluidDynamics
Soh Kam Yung

"[M]ost plants that mainly self-pollinate occasionally cross-pollinate, introducing some genetic diversity.

Certain orchids on the Northern Ryukyu Islands in Japan are exceptions to this rule. These orchids never open their flowers, reproducing solely by self-pollination."

asianscientist.com/2025/06/env

www.asianscientist.comOn The Evolution Of Orchids That Never Bloom – Asian Scientist Magazine
#Evolution#Plants#Pollination
Maikel de Bakker
A Field Day for the Bees – Cornflower & Thistle in Bloom

A few days ago, while hiking with my wife, we stumbled upon a sea of cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) and thistles in full bloom — a buzzing paradise for bees. I grabbed my Canon 7D Mark II with the Sigma 100–400mm lens and captured three moments from this joyful dance of wings and petals.

Cornflowers and thistles are more than just wild beauty. They are nectar-rich species that play a crucial role in supporting pollinators like honeybees, bumblebees, and solitary bees. In an age where pollinator populations are under pressure due to habitat loss and pesticide use, seeing this thriving patch felt like a hopeful sign — a reminder of how small pieces of land can become sanctuaries.

The buzzing was almost musical, a chorus of life continuing its quiet work. It’s easy to overlook how vital these tiny creatures are. Without pollinators, most flowering plants — including many of our food crops — would struggle to reproduce.

Small flowers. Small insects. Huge impact.

#cornflower #thistle #wildflowers #pollinators #beesofinstagram #biodiversity #nederlandsenatuur #canon7dmarkii #sigma100400 #wildlifelovers #insectphotography #pollination #ecologicalbalance #natuurfotografie #summerblooms #naturemoments #meadowmagic #fieldofbees #savethebees #rewilding #beeconservation #flowersandbees #dutchlandscape #naturewalk #naturalharmony
#naturalharmony
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Jon Sullivan

@tippitiwichet I can't top this pollinator photo taken by Chris Ecroyd. It's of a New Zealand Pekapeka-Tou-Poto (lesser short-tailed bat) pollinating a Pua-o-te Reinga (Dactylanthus taylorii), one of NZ's few parasitic plants. Chris helped to figure out that this weird plant was reliant on this weird bat for its pollination.

Pua-o-te Reinga is a threatened "nationally vulnerable" plant as it's dependent on the roots of old growth forest trees, its flowers are now eaten by introduced rats and possums, and it's now only pollinated by Pekapeka-Tou-Poto bats, which are themselves now rare and nationally vulnerable.

inaturalist.nz/observations/10

#pollination#bats#ParasiticPlants
Ele Willoughby, PhD

Echoing my print of insects for Manufactured Ecosystems about the future of pollination this print is intended to drive home how much we are dependent on insect pollinators. These are many of the food crops we grow here in Ontario which benefit from insects. I didn’t include crops grown for oil or as livestock feed. 🧵1/n

#linocut#printmaking#typography
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