It's incredible to me that those microscopic creatures can assemble into such colorful and beautiful patterns! Seen today while hiking.

I was photographing the flowers when this cute little fellow landed there and made the scene a thousand times better!

More photos on pixelfed!

https://pxlmo.com/i/web/post/710716844312163942

Bear peak and some portion of the Flatirons as seen from the flatter parts of Boulder CO, USA. Photo taken yesterday evening.

Pixelfed post: https://pxlmo.com/i/web/post/705587106532867949

Pic taken in the Altmühl valley in Bavaria, Germany

Little-appreciated, semiaquatic, and cute-as-hell, muskrats can survive almost anywhere. So where are they?

Member of the Bombylius genus are a flies mimicking a bumblebees and are parasitic on solitary bees.

You can tell this is specifically a Bombylius discolor because it has dark spots on the wings

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12901877

Canna lily flower

It's -12°F here. Every time it gets this cold a few bald eagles come down from the mountains and perch on the electric poles on my back yard. Today it is only one but we've had up to three at a time.

Rose