Pollination

 Prickly pear cactus in bloom …

                                                                        

                                                      and with guests. 

I’d expect the bees

and even the butterfly (although this was a special treat!)

But who knew stinkbugs like prickly pear blossoms?

Seeing these reminded me of a really lovely (short) video that a friend recently sent. It’s about pollination, which of course is what these flying, buzzing, stinking things are doing, and it shows all manner of creatures in the act of eating and thereby pollinating—bees and other insects, humming birds, even bats. Check it out when you have 4 minutes to watch some amazing scenes.