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Bee working on a wonderful love-in-a-mist - very special flower

A selective focus of a bee flying over a blooming purple artichoke for wallpaper and background

Close-up of a bee collecting nectar from a vibrant purple flower in full bloom with blurred greenery in background.

Neoalosterna capitata Beetle on a flower in the Laurentian forest.

$The chequered skipper or arctic skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon), not to be confused with the large chequered skipper, is a small woodland butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. This butterfly can live in grasslands. The upperside of the butterfly is brown with orange spots and on its underside the chequered skipper is orange with brown spots. Chequered skippers are found in Great Britain and other European regions, but seen locally in Japan and in North America. The size of the chequered skipper ranges from 19 to 32 mm with females being larger. In the 1970s, the chequered skipper went extinct in England due to the new management of the woodlands.\nDescription:\nThis butterfly has a wingspan of 29 to 31 mm. The uppersides of chequered skippers are dark brown with orange scales at the base of the wings and golden spots, giving it its English name of chequered skipper. The basic pattern on the underside is similar but the forewings are orange with dark spots, and the hindwings are russet with cream spots rimmed in black. The sexes are similar although females are generally slightly larger.\nHabitat:\nThough the chequered skipper is a woodland butterfly it can also be found in bogs, at the edges of streams, and at grassy forest openings . Chequered skippers can breed in open grasslands in Scotland. In woodland areas the breeding sites happen at the edges of rivers and the bottom of slopes. Though there is a small range in the areas the butterfly can live in, these areas tend to have a smaller range in seasonal and temperature range. The presence of the M. caerulea is really important in determining habitat in Scotland and in England the Bromus is essential. In North America, chequered skippers can be found around forest trails, forest edges, and open grassy areas. Even though the chequered skipper goes by arctic skipper it does not live in Arctic areas (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.$

A bee visits the purple flower of the artichoke, close-up nature photography.

A native sugarbag bee flying over a white pignut flower

Close up of a common salsify (tragopogan porrifolius) flower in bloom

Macro shot of a bee about to land on a purple thistle.

Close-up of a bumblebee on a purple flower, showcasing the bee’s detailed features and the vibrant colors of the flower in a natural outdoor setting.

Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies, or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae

A small melipona bee on the flower of the galinsoga quadriadiata in the field

Could not find the name of this flower, so I believe it is not native to the US. Seen at Hyder, Alaska, near the wildlife viewing deck. The bees seemed to be interested in the buds as well as the open flowers.

close up view of a gatekeeper butterfly sitting on a purple blooming thistle and gathering nectar

White flowers of Torilis japonica - Japanese Hedge Parsley close up. Selective focus

vivid butterfly in the mountains on thitle

Bumblebee perched on a thistle flower in summer

A macro of a Common Drone Fly perched on a flower

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