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2 2 Orchid bee (male)

Orchid bee (male)

by Daniela BracamonteSalta, Salta, Argentina

14 4 Orchid bees

Orchid bees

by JuanDiTraniPanama

Males attracted to Eugenol scent

3 2 Orchid Dupe Wasp

Orchid Dupe Wasp

by MartinLVictoria, Australia

This bright orange flower wasp is so named because an

3 0 Bee Orchid

Bee Orchid

by VinnyEngland, United Kingdom

Despite the name this orchid is ...

5 2 Bee Orchid

Bee Orchid

by Felix FleckAlgarve, Portugal

Flowers are about 2.5cm in diameter and stalks about 15cm tall. This

5 0 Bumblebee Orchid

Bumblebee Orchid

by Felix FleckAlgarve, Portugal

Small flower of about 14mm diameter and 12cm tall. The name is somewhat ...

0 0 Male orchid

Male orchid

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Terrestrial european orchid, a.k.a. ...

0 0 Orchid bee

Orchid bee

by JuanDiTraniColón, Panama, Panama

This female orchid bee was collecting mud ...

3 0 Omega Bee Orchid

Omega Bee Orchid

by Felix FleckAlgarve, Portugal

The lip is about 2.5cm long and the stalk 20cm tall. It is pollinated by ...

2 0 Sawfly Orchid

Sawfly Orchid

by Felix FleckAlgarve, Portugal

. Apparently, it attracts male bees of the ...

32 27 Small tongue orchid

Small tongue orchid

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

particular type of male wasp - the

0 0 Orchid Bee

Orchid Bee

by AmazonWorkshopsIquitos, Peru

again! Orchid bees like nectar too and ...

3 0 Yellow Bee-orchid

Yellow Bee-orchid

by Felix FleckSão Sebastião, Algarve, Portugal

The flower measures about 15mm in diameter and is about 10cm tall. It attracts ...

5 2 Mirror Orchid

Mirror Orchid

by Felix FleckAlgarve, Portugal

, this orchid mimics the pheromones emitted ...

6 3 Fly Orchid

Fly Orchid

by craigwilliamsGuildford, England, United Kingdom

Deciduous tuberous terrestrial orchid. ...

3 0 Festive Silver Marsh Spider

Festive Silver Marsh Spider

by Wendy ClaphamSwartland Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

. Sexual dimorphism is not marked, the male ...

3 3 Bee Orchid

Bee Orchid

by Marta RubioTexeiraVlaanderen, Belgium

Little elf-shaped orchids. These flowers ...

3 2 Rosella Spider Orchid

Rosella Spider Orchid

by VinnyVictoria, Australia

Orchid is a

6 11 Orchid Dupe Wasp

Orchid Dupe Wasp

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

called the Orchid Dupe because Australian ...

0 0 Early-purple Orchid

Early-purple Orchid

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

long and standing erect - which, in French, was the reason to dub them "

8 6 Orchid Dupe Wasp - female

Orchid Dupe Wasp - female

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

This elegant ichneumon wasp had orange head, thorax, antennae, legs and last ...

5 2 Orchid Dupe Wasp

Orchid Dupe Wasp

by RachaelBAlphington, Victoria, Australia

The Orchid Dupe Wasp is a medium sized wasp ...

0 0 Early-purple Orchid

Early-purple Orchid

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

long and standing erect - which, in French, was the reason to dub them "

0 2 Nodding greenhood orchid

Nodding greenhood orchid

by lori.tasTasmania, Australia

A type of greenhood orchid. P. nutans

15 6 Long Horned Bees & Butterfly Orchid

Long Horned Bees & Butterfly Orchid

by CraigWilliams2Lanjarón, Andalucía, Spain

These male Long Horned Bees were so docile ...

11 15 Orchid Bee

Orchid Bee

by LaurenZarateSan Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

A brillant metallic green Orchid Bee of the ...

1 0 Male Orchid

Male Orchid

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Also known as Blue butcher and Early-purple

16 5 Orquidea abeja-espejo

Orquidea abeja-espejo

by Marta RubioTexeiraTorrevieja, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Is a wild orchid, monopodial and belonging ...

4 5 Intact catasetum

Intact catasetum

by Marta RubioTexeiraYucatán, Mexico

Integerrinum is an orchid Catasetum, which ...

5 3 Crimson Dropwing (or Marsh Glider)

Crimson Dropwing (or Marsh Glider)

by takmeng.wongSingapore, Singapore

MALE: Deep crimson in colour; FEMALE: ...

2 0 Orange-bellied Euphonia

Orange-bellied Euphonia

by ceherzogProvincia de Orellana, Ecuador

Pic one is a male collecting nesting ...

3 2 Luna Moth (male)

Luna Moth (male)

by ThatBlueEyedGirlGeorgia, USA

my orchid plants for now.

1 1 Orchid bee

Orchid bee

by FernandoMSoaresSão Paulo, Brazil

Bee green metallic color, measures about 1cm.

13 8 Small Tongue-orchid

Small Tongue-orchid

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

An erect plant with stalkless flowers with 3 greenish thin in-rolled radiating ...

0 0 Dainty Bird Orchid

Dainty Bird Orchid

by VinnyVictoria, Australia

Colony forming orchid, approx. 8cm tall, ...

0 0 Betta (Black Orchid Crowntail)

Betta (Black Orchid Crowntail)

by WilliamsFamilyKansas, USA

One of my male betta fish. This is a black ...

1 3 Red Habenaria Orchid

Red Habenaria Orchid

by craigwilliamsเชียงใหม่, Lampang, Thailand

Tuberous terrestrial orchid. Pink, orange ...

8 15 Mirror bee orchid

Mirror bee orchid

by PatriciaPiCalpe/Calp, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Ophrys speculum is land Orchid that has ...

7 0 Mirror orchid

Mirror orchid

by DespinaTsafetopoulouΘεσσαλία - Στερεά Ελλάδα, Greece

.Ophrys speculum, the mirror orchid, is a ...

1 4 Large Bird Orchid

Large Bird Orchid

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

These were low growing from two oval shaped leaves up to about 70mm above the ...

1 0 Bumblebee Orchid / Bumbarova kokica

Bumblebee Orchid / Bumbarova kokica

by injicaCroatia

It is a species of Ophrys (bee orchid). The ...

1 2 Orquídea Acronia

Orquídea Acronia

by Jonathan SequeiraHeredia, Costa Rica

This orchid used to be classified as a ...

0 0 Yellow Bee-Orchid

Yellow Bee-Orchid

by MargaritaOrlovaמועצה אזורית מטה יהודה, מחוז ירושלים, Israel

, yellow or with a blue-grey or brown spotted velvety macula. Pollinated by ...

0 2 Black Flower Wasp - male & female

Black Flower Wasp - male & female

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

A black male wasp ( about 15 mm long) with ...

1 0 Stingless Bee

Stingless Bee

by Jolly IbañezZamboanga City, Philippines

, carpenter bees, orchid bees and ...

2 1 scoliid wasp

scoliid wasp

by SulakkhanaAmbalangoda, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

are pests, including the Japanese beetle.

27 23 Bee Orchid

Bee Orchid

by Marta RubioTexeiraKortenberg, Vlaanderen, Belgium

male bees would preferentially select ...

0 0 Long-horned bee, Abeja de cuernos largos

Long-horned bee, Abeja de cuernos largos

by arlandaMadrid, Madrid, Spain

Lonely bee with large body covered with dense white or yellowish hair. The ...

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