Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Unknown Insect......


We was going to title this "bee being at work"but it is not a bee.  I think it reminds me of a butterfly but I have never seen it before now.  The enlarging of the photo cleared up the bee identification problem.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a pretty and large zinnia! God bless your afternoon.

Betsy Brock said...

That looks like a Red Admiral butterfly to me! Great capture!

Anonymous said...

Blog friend Ginny has a similar flying thing on her zinnias. take a look and see if it is the same? http://ginny-letyourlightshine.blogspot.com/2016/09/skipping-on-zinnias.html

claude said...

I do not like any insects but I love flowers.

Jeevan said...

I love the blossom with layers of petals!

Ginny Hartzler said...

Why, it is a Skipper like the ones I posted!! Such a beautiful photo!!

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