It finally landed

after a lot of back and forth on the

As I was informed by Pat @pattyblue, it is a carpenter bee. They apparently make holes in old wood where they nest.

The flowers are purple broom which are native to SA.

[John]

Very nice close up of the bee, and the flower is beautiful! Fav!

[Diana]

@congaree Sorry John, I just realised I posted last weeks photo and had to change it ;-)

[Wylie]

lovely shot, how interesting are those black wings!

[Susan Wakely]

Interesting looking upside down bee.

[Peter]

Superb closeup detail, composition and colours Diana, Fav:)

[Gosia]

Great capture

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful color

[Valerie Chesney]

Pretty flowers & a stunning bee capture..

[Babs]

What an interesting find. Never seen one like this before.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautifully captured. Great colours.

[winghong_ho]

Nice capture.

[katy]

Oh, well done Diana! I don’t think I have ever seen one on a flower before. I just see them hovering around in the air and they are very slow but not slow enough to focus on.

[Mags]

Beautiful!!!

[Milanie]

Well timed and so clear!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful details in this.

[gloria jones]

Super shot and details

[Michelle]

Interesting bee, I love the black wings, lovely capture

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture

[Jacqueline]

Wonderful capture!

[Nina Ganci]

brilliant

[Renee Salamon]

Great capture and well done with your patience

[KWind]

FAV!

[Carole Sandford]

Great capture!

[Judith Johnson]

Well captured, great colour

[Pam]

Amazing macro!

[Cathy Donohoue]

Wonderful bee shot. Well done. Fav

[Peter Dulis]

Nice

[Rosie Kind]

Well caught

[LManning (Laura)]

Fabulous!

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful close up of the nice flower and bee.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Nice catch! He looks like he's ready for an upside-down take off!

[Islandgirl]

Wow wonderful clarity!

[Heather]

Great focus to capture the bee and the purple petals! And a lovely dof! Fav

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful little blossoms. Love the details on the upside down bee.

[bruni]

Well this is the second time now I see a carpenter ant. great catch. love the purple flowers.

[Bill]

Really nice capture. Such nice focus on the bee.

[Diana]

@congaree @pusspup @wakelys @pcoulson @gosia @joansmor @happysnaps @onewing @sangwann @wh2021 @grammyn @marlboromaam @milaniet @mittens @seattlite @bigmxx @bkbinthecity @craftymeg @jacqbb @ninaganci @rensala @kwind @carole_sandford @busylady @pamalama @cdonohoue @pdulis @rosiekind @ljmanning @pyrrhula @olivetreeann @radiogirl @365projectorgheatherb @shutterbug49 @bruni @cwbill Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Vesna]

Interesting, this bee has black wings!