A bee in search for pollen among crocuses at Frankfurt’s Palmengarten park, March 7.
(Canon 5dIII, Ef 2.8, 15mm, 1/1000 sec, f22, ISO160)
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City Bee
A bee flies past blossoms of an ornamental cherry and the sun, downtown Frankfurt, March 4.
(Canon 5dIII, EF 2.0 135mm (one of my favourite lenses, by the way), 1/8000 sec, f 5.0, ISO100)
Warm Winter – Early Bee
A bee in search for pollen among crocuses at Frankfurt’s Lohrberg hill, Feb. 16.. Winter in this part of Germany has been unusually mild so far and bees are swarming out very early.
(Canon 5dIII, EF 2.0, 135mm, 1/2000sec, f 2.5, 320asa)
Make a U-Turn
A leafcutter ant carries a small piece of leaf along a twig, only to discover that it will have to make a U-turn in order to reach the ant nest at the Frankfurt zoo, Feb.14.
Leafcutters
Leafcutter ants go along their business at the Frankfurt zoo, Feb.14. Interestingly, they just don’t eat the leaves (something I believed in for a long time), but process them instead and use them as a substrate for cultivating a fungus which they eat . This requires a highly developed social structure.
A Fly in the Sky
A crane fly resting on my bedroom window, Sep.16.
Box Tree Moth
A Box Tree Moth (Glyphodes perspectalis) that somehow made its way into my bathtub (no water in it, though), Sep.9. This animal is native to eastern Asia and was first recorded from Germany some six years ago. Box Tree caterpillars have apparently been wreaking havoc across Europe since. They can completely defoliate box plants.
Insect eats Insect
A wasp gnaws on the wing of a bee (or is it a bumblebee?) in my garden, Aug.15.
A Fly’s own Folder
Today, a fly accidentally landed on my computer screen. I decided to create a new folder for the insect, but unfortunately it left shortly after this image was taken.
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