Busy place!

Monarch on Pentas lanceolata with [possibly] a drone fly "on its six" and a Lady beetle hidden in the flower head. I only had my macro lens with me since I expected to go *into* the greenhouse, but I never went in!

Butterfly species pages—
» BAMONA, http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Danaus-plexippus
» BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/540
» PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Danaus_plexippus&rank=binomial

Plant species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Pentas_lanceolata&rank=binomial

This photo at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Rubiaceae_Pentas_lanceolata_105858.html

Drone fly species page at BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/7183

Lady beetle family page at BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/179

1 year ago (“No fear”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-10-14
2 years ago (“Macro craziness”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-10-14
3 years ago (“Fall ‘mums’”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-10-14
4 years ago (“Nuts!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-10-14

[ IMG_5955S12x9tm :: f/5.6 :: 1/400" :: ISO-200 :: 60mm ]

[Jane Anderson]

I love hovering bee shots. This is a good one!

[Rick Schies]

I like how their colors are pretty well coordinated

[PhotoCrazy]

Beautifully captured!!