A yellow-and-black-striped Bumble Bee takes off from a bright yellow Daffodil on a sunny day. The insect’s black head is pointing slightly down and its wings are a blur of action as it lifts into the air above the flower forest of green leaves and stalks below. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro

In the run-up to Dydd Gŵyl Dewi (St David’s Day), I’m posting a #DailyDaffodil as it is the national bloom.
As it is also #InsectThur, #ColorADay #YellowThu and #AlphabetChallenge
#WeekHforHs
I give you a helicoptering Bumble bee or Gwenyn gwyllt in Welsh.

#BloomScrolling
#EastCoastKin

A cluster of orange & black beetle looking Stinkbug nymphs. Their top half is black, the bottom half is vivid orange with 3 black stripes in a triangular chevron pattern in the center. The are gathered in sunlight, mostly on 2 rocks and a weathered piece of log.

3 beetle looking Stinkbug nymphs in the sunlight on a light grey rock. Their top half is black with 1 black antennae, their bottom half is vivid orange with 3 black stripes in a triangular chevron pattern in the center.

#Insect #InsectThur Several years ago, I got excited thinking that I'd come across a colony of Ladybugs. On closer inspection they turned out to be Stinkbug nymphs, possibly . Banasa dimidiata