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Queen Anne's Lace
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199/365: "I think in life, if you continue to chal…
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201/365: "Have patience with all things, But, firs…
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203/365: "Happiness is a butterfly, which when pur…
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204/365: "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Lea…
White Moth Portrait
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205/365: "Butterflies are self-propelled flowers."…
Female Acmon Blue Butterfly Next to Tiny Colorful…
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206/365: "When you arise in the morning, think of…
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208/365: "Intimidation doesn't last very long." ~…
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Love is in the Air: Mating Clio Tiger Moths
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210/365: "Color is for me the purest form of expre…
Cockscomb Celosia, the Magnificent Clam Flower!
Love is in the Air: Mating Fuzzy Flies
Awesome Short-Horned Grasshopper Doing the Hokey-P…
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211/365: "If you put yourself in a position where…
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Green Zebra Tomatoes on the Plant
Tiny Hoverfly in Blindweed Blossom
192/365: "Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdo…
Frilly White Blush Poppy
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Echinacea Heaven
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189/365: "The most important thing is to enjoy you…
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White Echinacea
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188/365: "Happiness resides not in possessions, an…
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187/365: "I learned that courage was not the absen…
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186/365: "Nothing is softer or more flexible than…
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185/365: "The Universal view melts things into a b…
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184/365: "Flowers always make people better, happi…
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179/365: "Know the true value of time; snatch, sei…
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177/365: "Your happiness is intertwined with your…
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175/365: "Patience is a Virtue." ~ English Proverb
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"Chopper One, Coming in for Poppy Pollen!"
Who doesn't love hoverflies?! They are so beautiful and it's so incredibly cool how they can hover in place, perfectly still, and then, quick as a flash, disappear in a burst of speed! These insects are also known as "flower flies" because adults eat nectar and pollen for their diet. They are excellent mimics of bees and wasps, and are often mistaken for them, though hoverflies are actually harmless! :) Did you know there are over 6,000 species worldwide?! They range in size from smaller than a grain of rice to larger than a bumble bee!
If you would like to know more about these super cool flies, Wiki has a great page here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly
If you would like to know more about these super cool flies, Wiki has a great page here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly
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Great info on the hoverfly also, Janet. Thank you for that.
Just simply AMAZING !!
...I love languages and their meaning or lack of intention. GREAT work you do my pod-sis
...and a new word for me (hoverflies)..great info, thanks.
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