Several years ago, when I first started getting serious about photography, I probably would have called the insect in the photo a bee. My choices back then were simple—a black and yellow insect was either a bee or a yellowjacket. Now that I know a whole lot more about insects, I can readily identify the insect as a hoverfly (also referred to as flower fly) from the Syrphidae family.
When I spotted the hoverfly yesterday, I was struck by the way that its colors matched almost perfect those of the black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) that were growing in abundance at Jackson Miles Abbott Wetland Refuge.
© Michael Q. Powell. All rights reserved
Advertisements
Hello Mike! How interesting – I noticed exactly the same thing in another post this morning and told the lady I’d like to do a post on colour matching of this type and asked if I could use her image (a shield bug and echinacea). Would you allow me to use this one and I’d link back to you just how I did with the Eastern Pondhawk dragonfly I used (?)
Conceptually I really like what you are doing with colors. Feel free to use the image as you did with the dragonfly shot.
That’s wonderful! Thank you for your support – I’m delighted.
Thanks Mike! Posted now at https://exploringcolour.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/perfect-match/
[…] Not a Bee | August 15, […]