the park again

went off for another play in the conservation park behind home yesterday and found these cute bees having a lovely feed on a blackboy spike.


i like the way the bees carry stuff on their back legs, like bee panniers.



Seems others feed on the flowers too, heres a waspy type thing. big flat flies were on it too but didnt photograph that.


the wildflowers have been really pretty this year. a fire went through the park 2 years back and so the areas that burnt are just a sea of colour. im not sure if the fire puts nutrients back into the soil or if it just provides more bare soil for the flowers to germinate. maybe both.





I remember reading once that flowers that have this funny comb type shape to their flowers do it so that when the insect feeds on the flower, the comb pollinates the insects head and so the insect then carries it to the next flower. not sure if that is the case for kangaroo paws but they have a pretty unique flower thats for sure.


this was back at home in my vegie patch. i guess its probably not a good sign as these little moths eat the crap out of my greens, but i dont really mind, theres plenty there. i like the way he is coloured to blend in to the leaves.