A bee!

[highlyeccentric]

I don't often manage the insect photos I try to take - my camera just isn't up to the job (I had a choice of getting one more portable than my old one, or upgrading to a DSLR... clearly took the wrong choice), but this one turned out nicely! Taken along a hiking route above Cheddar, this past July.

Anyone able to ID the flower? I like it but I haven't a clue.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

I'd love to see the pic but it's not showing up for me?

[highlyeccentric]

... apparently I have my default photo security set to private! Weird. Fixed now.

[yourlibrarian]

Yay! That's a very nice pic. And given I recently tried to shoot a bee with my camera phone, I get the difficulty!

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

I am getting the ? in blue box and not authorized is what I get clicking on said box.

[highlyeccentric]

Fixed!

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

Bee!

I don't recognize the plant but I see why the bee is busy.

[elainegrey]

The plant is definitely in the Rosaceae family, Rosoideae sub-family. I'm fairly certain it's in the Rubus genus -- that includes blackberries, raspberries, dewberries, thimbleberries.

Clearing up down to species level would be hard with just the photo, but would "bramble" suit you as an ID?

[3rdragon]

Yeah, I would agree about Rosaceae. (I recommend iNaturalist as a resource for plant and critter IDs. And you'll contribute to science!)