Alpine flower nectar

Admiral on a silver thistle (carlina acaulis), a common flower in the Alps.
Photo taken on the way to the summit of Hochkogel, a mountain in Upper Austria.

[Graeme Stevens]

excellent as always

[Shy Abel]

Wow!

[Milanie]

Stunning - never knew there was silver thistle - how lovely.

[Carole G]

Beautiful shot!

[eDorre]

Great composition!

[Karen Mitchell]

Some exquisite detail in this shot.

[Lori]

Wow a stunningly magical shot! Fav

[Kahsia]

Nice focus!

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Lovely dreamy shot

[Joyce]

So beautiful Jerome Fav

[julia]

great shot.. love the curly tongue..

[Taffy]

Gorgeous.

[Rachel]

Beautifully captured.

[Denise Wood]

Beautiful :)

[Nick]

So lovely.

[Jodie]

A stunning macro

[Lynda McG]

Wow, soooooo beautiful! Fav

[Leana Niemand]

This is amazing. One of the best I've seen. A fav.

[Margaret Brown]

Wonderful,fav!

[Helen Jane]

I'm mesmerised by those golden antennae and tongue. So glad that you stop to appreciate the detail as well as the stunning scenery. Both have so much to offer the eye and the mind.

[Joan Robillard]

Nice shot

[Peter Dulis]

Love this one - fav

[Caroline]

Superbly artful shot Jerome - lovely proboscis with its special curl!!!

[tony gig]

Beautiful capture...fav

[Anja]

Beautiful detail!

[Jerome]

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God... So many nice comments! Apologies that I am in arrears with answers. My circumstances are not easy lately...

[Debby Glynn]

Love the curly tongue!

[Lisa Pouncy]

Excellent detail xx

[Jerome]

@debbyglynn @psychographer
Thank you, Debby and Lisa, for your nice comments!

[Mona]

Love your focus on the proboscis, but e I like the bokeh on the thistle even more. ;-)

[Jerome]

@mona65
Thank you, Mona! The bokeh on the thistle - nice that you mention it. :)