More Bees…

…in the garden. I have once again tried to get some Bumblebee flight shots however they are not all in flight there are some Mining Bees and a couple of Bee-fly. 

Bumblebee.

Hoverfly.

Mining Bee.

Bee-fly.

Bumblebees in the garden

 I spent some tome in the garden a couple of weeks ago photographing Bumblebees. I was trying to get them in flight with varying degrees of success. I have also tried to identify them but probably once again with varying degrees of success so if I have any wrong, please don’t hesitate to correct me.

Early Bumblebee.

Garden Bumblebee, I think.

Common Carder Bee.

Tree Bumblebee.

Red-tailed Bumblebee.

Garden

 Back when we had some fine weather, I sat in the garden watching and photographing the insects flying around. Identification has never been my strong point so any help would be most appreciated.

White-tailed Bumble Bee.

I think the next few are Mining Bees.

Nomad Bee.

Drone Fly.

Drone Fly guarding its territory.

?

Comma Butterfly.

Blackbird trying to cool down in the sun.

Butterflies in the Garden

 There were three or four Red Admiral and a couple of Comma Butterflies in next doors garden the other day however, rather than invade their space I put the 500mm lens on the camera and I got these images from our garden.

Red Admiral Butterfly.

A bee took a fancy to the same flower as the Red Admiral.

The bee flew off and the butterfly kept on feeding.

Red Admiral and Comma Butterflies.

Comma Butterfly.

This is one of the species of spider that come into the house at this time of year looking for a mate. My wife caught it a glass and put it outside where I was able to get a picture of it.