dusted with pollen........

...........and sitting on a prickly thistle in the gardens at Mottisfont.
Thank you everybody for your interest, comments and favs on my peacock butterfly who is now sitting not only quietly on an agapanthus, but also proudly on the PP.

[Graham Thresher]

A fantastic close up.

[Decima F]

Wow, fantastic capture !

[Beryl Lloyd]

A super macro Hazel !

[Anja]

Beautiful! I like the little "snowflakes" on its body.

[Hazel A]

A job well done by the bee [and you] Lovely clear macro shot

[Denise]

Excellent macro Hazel. Amazing detail on the bee.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, awesome details in this, Hazel. Great capture.

[Richard Creese]

Love the dots of pollen. Great shot.

[Barbara Havrot]

Dirty little fella! So cute.

[Pat Knowles]

Stunning detail, 365 does give us fabulous views of pollen covered legs!!

[Hazel]

@pyrrhula

Thank you for the appreciation of the fav but maybe best not to try?! Photograph yes!

[Pyrrhula]

I try to do this one tot to get it to the PP. A fav.

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

Congrats on PP! Well deserved. This is a great shot too, superb macro with all that pollen!

[Ivan]

Congrats on your peacock - super pic so is this, love the bee and pollen.

[Bep]

Super close up! And congrats on the PP.

[Floyd]

great close up

[Gena Pegg]

Oh my goodness...look at him go!! A very busy little bee!! Great close up and detail. I love the bit of purple in the thistle! FAV

[KAL]

Amazing details and composition! Fav

[Julie Duncan]

Wonderful details!

[Paula W]

Hazel you are getting some really super macro shots, the detail here is so good.

[Rohini Gupta]

Love it - the pollen grains are so amazing.

[Pam Knowler]

Lovely macro - great detail of the pollen!!