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Posted: 27 Jul 2010

Taken: 19 Jul 2010

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1/800 • f/6.3 • 90.0 mm • ISO 400 •

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wildflower •
mother of thousands •
bee fly •
tolmeia menziesii •
piggyback plant •
youth and age •
yellow aster butte •
mount baker-snoqualmie forest •
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Bee Fly on Piggyback Plant

Bee Fly on Piggyback Plant
Last week a friend and I hiked the Yellow Aster Butte Trail in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. It was a beautiful day and we were treated to spectacular views of Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan and saw many wildflowers as well including this one.

These are the flowers of what is also a popular house-plant, Tolmeia menziesii, referred to as "Mother of Thousands," "Youth on Age," and "Piggyback Plant," which is native to this area. The flowers themselves are intricate and beautiful, but I was fortunate to get this Bee Fly on one of the flowers.

The photo is completely untouched and is posted exactly as it came from the camera. The composition could have been better (I don't like the rainbow-like blade of grass in the background), but it hard to think about composition when you are try to catch an insect that's flitting around from flower to flower.

The diary of our hike can be found here: ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2010/07/yellow-aste...

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 Puzzler4879
Puzzler4879
So super, Ron! Thanks for the background on that beautiful flower. I wish we had it around here. And Hoverflies are always a hit with me. (Except for the once when I found one in our chicken dish at a local diner - true story!).
11 years ago.
 Fizgig
Fizgig
Unusual, yet pretty, flowers! Wonderful capture =)
11 years ago.

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