The previous collection of photos was taken over the course of several days.
Queen Anne's Lace fills the fields in late summer.
Her flower heads are home to many insects that both feed off her bracts and blossoms
or wait in their cover for prey.
(Did you find them all?)
Queen Anne's Lace fills the fields in late summer.
Her flower heads are home to many insects that both feed off her bracts and blossoms
or wait in their cover for prey.
(Did you find them all?)
Key:photo 2: tiny unidentified fly
photo 6&7: Black Swallowtail caterpillar
photo 8: Aughochlorini sweat bee
photo 9&10: jumping spider #1
photo 11: ambush bug waiting to strike
photo 12: unidentified fly
photo 13: ambush bug capturing honeybee
photo 14&15: jumping spider #2
photo 16: orb weaver web
53 comments:
Queen for a Day, indeed! This is a most wonderful study of the plant and its sometimes inhabitants. I was amazed to see the ambush bug 'ambushing' the bee! Great photos, as usual. Thank you.
Beautiful pictures. You have some great angles and perspectives on these flowers. I also loved the Hummingbird journal. How luck you are to be able to watch them grow!
Dagny
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Great post, even separate from skywatch. I really like that top one, though - very dramatic and interesting.
Queen Anne is lovely as always. Many little critters seem to think so too.
I love Queen Anne's Lace - one of the few weeds I allow near the yard. And these are gorgeous shots- happy SWF!
Great photos of QAL. And bonus insects. The jumper #2 is a fierce, hairy fellow.
Great job.
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So many lovely pictures!
Great for sky watch!
Nina: A queenly post for sure that is interlaced with insects.
I don't think we have Queen Anne's Lace in Australia. We do have lots of other flowering weeds though. I had to smile at the one with the thumping great caterpillar.
gorgeous....ALL of them, sky and flowers
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I love this! The flowers, as well as each of the photos are just beautiful!! (: Happy SWF
beautiful pictures, indeed fit to a queen :)
Fantastic... stunning photos... I am always intrigued by your photography.
Mountain Retreat
Lovely!
Love them all!
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wonderful disign, great shot
beautiful pictures. Such a cool flower.
So many beautiful photos! Great SWF pictures!
Such a lovely weed!
It is intricate in its beauty.
You captured it very well!
Queen Anne's Lace is one of my favourite wildflowers. It grows so readily on the roadside and I would like it in my garden too. I like the way you placed the sky behind it to show off its intricate pattern.
Have a wonderful weekend of beautiful skies!
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great sky shots.
wow!nice photos! wonderful
I love Queen Anns Lace. I really liked the view of your sky through it. lovely.
Wow... what a wonderful series. I especially love #s 1, 2, 7, 11 & 13. Great post.
Beautiful flowers and beautiful shots! Love them all:)
You take my break away. I'm having a really thing about Queen Anne's Lace this summer. I don't have a trace of any near me, but this post is the best I've seen on it. Really well done series!
Nina, such an interesting view of the sky, as always! You have done well! Queen Anne's Lace is one of my summer favorites. We don't get it here in AZ. I took some shots when I was back east.
Thanks for a lovely birthday present, Nina!
Very delicate beautiful images.
Nina, I don't have Queen Anne's Lace. Would love it. Your photos are fabulous. Orb Weaver's webs are fascinating but give me nightmares after one wrapped around me last summer.
You might want to read about you on my blog tonight.
Mary
Fabulous post! Your shots are amazing! Happy SWF!
Wow is all I can say. They are all stunning photos and your have captured so much detail.
Very lovely! Great macros with the individual flowers & the insects & things. Just beautiful.
nice pics i like them all. great swf have a nice weekend
Superb shots!
Probably not since I was too impressed with all the flowers and the ones I found!
What a wonderful series! I got so intersted in the flowers that I had to scroll back and wonder where the sky was... but there it was and very blue!
Delicate shots.
Fantastic Sky Watch posting.. all the pictures are excellent as always are here... I did not do so well with the spotting.. ;o)
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Wow i love all the shots the flower and the sky. Happy SWF and weekend too...tc
Fantastic!
Love the composition of that first shot...
Interesting series... Well done...
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Nice work, Nina. I love it when the plants get the little seed basket (next to last photo). We are overrun with QAL in our yard, and I just let it grow!
Very very beautiful!!
wow! they all look amazing!!
I always stop and check out the blossoms on my Queen Anne's Lace. It's always neat to see what insects are hanging out there.
You've made Queen Anns Lace very special with your beautiful photos. Will never think of it as just a weed again. Did you know that parts of this plant are edible?
oh what a terrific set of photos. I love the title! Happy skywatch friday. :)
Plant buddy--I think the root, right? It's related to the carrot--though I don't know all the details.
Fantastic photos and the blue of the sky in that first one is beautiful. Happy Sky Watch Friday.
Stunning insects and floral shots!
Outstanding, my friend. Breathtaking. Gorgeous. Thanks.
Stunningly beautiful photos for Sky Watch Friday, you are very talented at capturing tiny details.
The Queen is so gracious to all her subjects.
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