The wildflowers are in full bloom here and begging to be photographed.
Many are bold and brilliant.
Others, like this Phaseolus vine climbing on a saguaro, are more subtle.
These plants are related to tepary beans and string beans.
The flowers have an interesting structure and it made me curious about what pollinates them.
Looking it up, it turns out that beans, etc. are self-pollinating.
Does this flower fly know that?
Or maybe it just wants to be pretty on pink.
Boy, was this little guy lost.
I found him in the cat litter bag. Doesn’t it look like it has a smiley face?
Based on those amazing eyes and its body shape, it is a jumping spider.
Jumping spiders wander around looking for insects. This one hadn’t made a good choice and got trapped. I scooped it into a handy container and carried it out to the garden (it is warm here). It watched me the entire time.
I couldn’t tell whether it was scared or hungry. What do you think?
This month is National Haiku Writing Month.
Desert mallow flower
Sunlit umbrella holds tiny bee
Orange respite from cold
Have you written any nature-inspired haiku this month?
For more information, see Roberta Gibson Writes.
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