Time Stand Still, a photo blog: Aphid tower...

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Aphid tower...

When I took the above photo, I did not notice the aphids..

nor the bees. The bee below is a different from the one above.

The above of the bees is a cropped portion of another shot of the same flower.

25 comments:

CheerfulMonk said...: Pretty blossoms, but I don't like aphids!; August 6, 2020 at 10:57 PM
Ginny Hartzler said...: Holy COW!!! Amazing!; August 6, 2020 at 11:41 PM
Yamini MacLean said...: Hari OM
...wow!!! Neat shots. YAM xx; August 7, 2020 at 2:22 AM
Bill said...: That's a lot of bugs!! Very nice pictures, though!; August 7, 2020 at 3:01 AM
Nancy Chan said...: These aphids are my garden's enemies. They come and destroy my healthy plants.; August 7, 2020 at 4:35 AM
Ann said...: Don't you just love when you find these little surprises in your photos? It's amazing what we can miss when we're taking the picture.; August 7, 2020 at 4:47 AM
Francisco Manuel Carrajola Oliveira said...: Magnificas e belas fotografias.
Um abraço e bom fim-de-semana.

Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
Livros-Autografados; August 7, 2020 at 6:28 AM
eileeninmd said...: Hello,

Wow, at first I was only seeing the flower too. Seeing all those aphids is creepy. Take care, have a happy day and weekend!; August 7, 2020 at 7:02 AM
Jeevan said...: Oh! The aphids built a lot there. btw. Lovely bunch of buds and blossoms !; August 7, 2020 at 9:14 AM
ushasurya said...: wow these are amazing shots of the bee and the buds, blossoms and the aphids!!! I just love these!!!; August 7, 2020 at 10:56 AM
Kodak said...: I don't love to see aphids. That many all together seems kind of gross. Cool capture though.; August 7, 2020 at 11:09 AM
MadSnapper said...: I would have seen to be but I did not see the aphids until you mentioned it beautiful flowers; August 7, 2020 at 11:23 AM
Ruthie said...: It does look lovely. I have had the same thing happen when I have taken flower shots. WHen I get home and look at them, the aphids are invading!; August 7, 2020 at 11:40 AM
Ruthie said...: I have had the same thing happen to me. I take a shot of lovely flowers. I get home to see there are aphids invading it. It is a beautiful blossom.; August 7, 2020 at 11:41 AM
retirementdaze said...: Wow!; August 7, 2020 at 12:11 PM
HappyK said...: I agree with Eileen, those aphids look creepy!; August 7, 2020 at 1:44 PM
don said...: A fine capture of several insects. I like it. Impressive.; August 7, 2020 at 2:20 PM
Martha said...: Simply amazing!!!; August 7, 2020 at 2:31 PM
Michael Rawluk said...: You need lady bugs. They really like to make a meal of aphids.; August 7, 2020 at 4:10 PM
harry said...: the buds look like corn kernals ready to pop; August 7, 2020 at 8:06 PM
Ruth Hiebert said...: That is a lot of aphids.; August 7, 2020 at 8:32 PM
ElaineH said...: That is amazing! A fabulous image with fine detail and beautiful color. They were crawling all over my cone flowers early this summer. Makes you wonder where they all come from!; August 7, 2020 at 8:55 PM
Small City Scenes said...: Wowzer! That is a whole lot of Aphids. But I do like the bees. What kind of flower is that?
MB; August 8, 2020 at 9:41 PM
Lowcarb team member said...: You've shared some good pictures here, but goodness, that is a lot of aphids.

All the best Jan; August 9, 2020 at 6:54 PM
Red Rose Alley said...: The last photo is so lovely. I really like that one.

~Sheri; August 10, 2020 at 1:12 PM

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