Insects and Spiders

Honey Bee On Giant Ragweed

Very cooperative bee let me get a close up while it gathered pollen. You can see the comb-like patches on the insides of the back legs that it uses to scrap pollen off the body and into the pollen sacs on the upper part of the back legs. Which is what this guy is doing right now as it hangs by its front legs.
Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Giant Ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)

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