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

[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!)