Fancy bugs who flutter there Are not out flying blind. While abstract colors fill the field There’s nectar that live flowers yield So those who seek may find.
Linked to Cosmic Photo Challenge where Dale offers the theme of “abstract”. The top photo reminds me of the random splattering of color like on some works of abstract art and whatever that is in the bottom photo it fits my abstract idea of “bug”.
Also linked to Trent P. McDonald’s The Weekly Smile. A friend of mine, Vince, has a backyard with flowers. We noticed there an unidentified flying object whose wings fluttered rapidly like a hummingbird but who looked like a bug sipping nectar along with the bumblebees. We tried to find it in a field guide to insects but the most we could conclude was that we were glad we didn’t run into some of the other stuff that was illustrated in that guide. Finally, giving up, we decided to call this unknown bug “Vince’s Bug”, or Bugus Vincentus to use my best pig Latin, and we welcomed it home.

I love that photo of the stone wall. I bet it was stunning in real life?
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It was. Thank you, Laura!
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Wow, these are great. That’s a hawk moth in the second one and the top one looks like a Monet painting.
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So it is called a hawk moth. I will try to look that up. Thank you, Dale!
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Lovely Frank 💜
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Thank you, Willow!
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Good morning Frank! Your poem Fancy Bugs made me smile this morning! I enjoyed it a lot!
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Thank you, Dawn!
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Hi Frank. Beautiful photos and a clever little poem.
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Thank you, Kim!
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That photo is inspiring. So much to see–we just need to look. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe!
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Do a search for hummingbird moth… After you mentioned it last week, I did see one of these in my garden. Odd looking bugs…
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I am glad you saw it also. Thank you, Trent!
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Very nice, Frank., I love that first photo.
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Thank you, Dan!
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SeeKinG FLoWeRS
KinGDoM BLooMinG
Pond Reflects
Beauty for
That is
All Pond Sees
Smiles Frank It’s
Rainy in Florida
FeeL A Midnight Nap Soon..:)
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Thank you, Fred!
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🎶😁
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I loved your poem and photos are beautiful! I am smiling from ear to ear!! Kindly, Diana 😀
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Thank you, Diana! I am glad you liked them.
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I would love to walk along a hidden path in your picture. It would feed me beauty and peace. love you poem, too and your buggy hydrangea.
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Thank you!
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Lovely photos, Frank. It’s hard to photograph insects.
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Thank you!
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There is a “Snowberry moth or “clearberry moth” that mimics a hummingbird.
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That may be another name for it. I saw it again last weekend. Thank you, Mary!
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