Showing posts with label bleeding heart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bleeding heart. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Dying Bumblebee

I found this bumblebee sitting still for long moments, then moving around a little--all the better for photographing, but I think this was probably its last day.


I looked around to see if I could identify it--but no luck so far. And since I'm still not really familiar with bumblebee field marks, I didn't get all the pictures I should have to make identification easier.


The bee is on a dicentra (bleeding heart), not spectabilis, but a more modest, possibly wild variety. I'm attempting to confirm its identity as I write..... Okay, I'm pretty sure it's Dicentra eximia (fringed or wild bleeding heart). It's a very popular plant with the bees.

Wings, worn out