Happy Fly <<>> Sexual Reproduction Via Vivid Cerise Cactus Flower and Green Insect

            The green  fly was hidden when I started shooting. Fortunately, I shot a series and did capture this interesting fly feeding in the pollen. I love cactus flowers. They seem to bloom for about a day! Then they close. So in my garden I do a careful inspection each evening to try to catch a bloom the next morning. There are so many Cacti in Sabino Canyon, that some cacti flowers are always visible. 

Spring in Tucson is glorious when these beauties are in bloom... This lovely cactus flower and bud were on a small cactus partially obscured by a perennial plant.  

This photo was taken on the way back to our starting point. The 75-300mm  lens I used for bird shots is not very good for macros, but I was too tired to switch back to my 18-135mm lens...;)

IMG_8138 - Version 2

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Taken on: April 2, 2014

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Hedgehog Cactus

Flower

Coronado National Forest

Tucson Arizona

Tucson

Arizona

Unidentified Insect

Cerise Cactus Flower

Green Fly

Sexual Reproduction

Insect

My 11th Nature Walk

Cactus

Pollen

Windy « less

Sets appears in: • 11th Sabino Canyon Nature Walk

Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/7.1, 1/400 sec, 300mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 70D
Lens:	Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	iPhoto 9.5.1
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