Picture of the Day for September 20, 2019

If you look closely inside the left blossom, you can spot a bumblebee collecting nectar from the pink turtlehead flower. Turtlehead gets its common name from the blossoms that resemble the shape of a turtle’s head with its mouth partly open although the lips are hard to pry open and bumblebees are one of the few insects that have the strength to enter inside.

Bee Inside Turtlehead

Bee Inside Turtlehead

Watch the bumblebee enter the turtlehead blossom.

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