Macro-MKE
@macromke.bsky.social
Macro photography of mostly Wisconsin native insects and plants in the Milwaukee area🐝🌻
Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera)- I love these flowers.
August 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera)- I love these flowers.
A very lazy male Broad-handed Leafcutter bee (Megachile latimanus) found snoozing on our Giant Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A very lazy male Broad-handed Leafcutter bee (Megachile latimanus) found snoozing on our Giant Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)
Male Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee found snoozing in some cultivated flowers we have around our veggie garden.
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI
August 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Male Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee found snoozing in some cultivated flowers we have around our veggie garden.
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI
Found these bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens) sleeping in our Gladiolus last year. I collected these captures over about 3 months - it was so cool seeing them in the same flowers every morning and night
August 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Found these bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens) sleeping in our Gladiolus last year. I collected these captures over about 3 months - it was so cool seeing them in the same flowers every morning and night
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle hiding in the flowers of our Swamp Milkweed.
August 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle hiding in the flowers of our Swamp Milkweed.
Endangered Rusty-patch Bumble bee foraging on our Giant Ironweed.
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI
August 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Endangered Rusty-patch Bumble bee foraging on our Giant Ironweed.
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI
What I believe is a Red-footed Sharptail (Coelioxys rufitarsis) - a leaf-cutter cuckoo bee - foraging our Giant Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI
August 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What I believe is a Red-footed Sharptail (Coelioxys rufitarsis) - a leaf-cutter cuckoo bee - foraging our Giant Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) drying off on our Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata).
August 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) drying off on our Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata).
Apotheosis -
Monarch chrysalis on the verge of Eclosion.
2 series of stacked phots (2x20 photos) blended together to reduce glare.
I've wanted to get this photo for a while.
Monarch chrysalis on the verge of Eclosion.
2 series of stacked phots (2x20 photos) blended together to reduce glare.
I've wanted to get this photo for a while.
August 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Apotheosis -
Monarch chrysalis on the verge of Eclosion.
2 series of stacked phots (2x20 photos) blended together to reduce glare.
I've wanted to get this photo for a while.
Monarch chrysalis on the verge of Eclosion.
2 series of stacked phots (2x20 photos) blended together to reduce glare.
I've wanted to get this photo for a while.
Found this little leafcutter foraging some Brown-eyed Susans in our garden.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
August 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Found this little leafcutter foraging some Brown-eyed Susans in our garden.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Male Broad-handed leafcutter bees are a trip to watch. With their exaggerated forelimbs and propensity for ramming other insects off flowers they sure keep the garden interesting.
August 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Male Broad-handed leafcutter bees are a trip to watch. With their exaggerated forelimbs and propensity for ramming other insects off flowers they sure keep the garden interesting.
Wasps get a bad rap, but are super important pollinators.
Sphex pennsylvanicus are absolutely beautiful and I always love seeing them in our yard.
Sphex pennsylvanicus are absolutely beautiful and I always love seeing them in our yard.
August 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Wasps get a bad rap, but are super important pollinators.
Sphex pennsylvanicus are absolutely beautiful and I always love seeing them in our yard.
Sphex pennsylvanicus are absolutely beautiful and I always love seeing them in our yard.
Bombus resting on our Iron weed.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
August 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Bombus resting on our Iron weed.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jumping spiders are cute, and if you disagree you’re wrong.
August 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Jumping spiders are cute, and if you disagree you’re wrong.
Lots of M. bimaculatus males aggregating in our yard this evening. Probably one my favorite things to find.
August 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Lots of M. bimaculatus males aggregating in our yard this evening. Probably one my favorite things to find.
Leafcutter bee foraging Swamp Milkweed.
August 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Leafcutter bee foraging Swamp Milkweed.
Little Leaf cutter bee (Megachile sp.) foraging White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba).
Milwaukee, WI
#leafcutterbees #beesofbluesky #MilwaukeeWildlife #Macrophotography
Milwaukee, WI
#leafcutterbees #beesofbluesky #MilwaukeeWildlife #Macrophotography
June 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Little Leaf cutter bee (Megachile sp.) foraging White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba).
Milwaukee, WI
#leafcutterbees #beesofbluesky #MilwaukeeWildlife #Macrophotography
Milwaukee, WI
#leafcutterbees #beesofbluesky #MilwaukeeWildlife #Macrophotography
Female two-spotted longhorn bee (Melissodes bimaculatus) absolutely covered in pollen and foraging prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya).
Sometimes when bees clean their proboscis I imagine they are playing little trumpets.
#MacroPhotography
#MilwaukeeWildlife
#TheTrumpet
#TwoSpottedLongHorn
Sometimes when bees clean their proboscis I imagine they are playing little trumpets.
#MacroPhotography
#MilwaukeeWildlife
#TheTrumpet
#TwoSpottedLongHorn
April 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Female two-spotted longhorn bee (Melissodes bimaculatus) absolutely covered in pollen and foraging prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya).
Sometimes when bees clean their proboscis I imagine they are playing little trumpets.
#MacroPhotography
#MilwaukeeWildlife
#TheTrumpet
#TwoSpottedLongHorn
Sometimes when bees clean their proboscis I imagine they are playing little trumpets.
#MacroPhotography
#MilwaukeeWildlife
#TheTrumpet
#TwoSpottedLongHorn
April 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Happy Sleepy Bee Saturday!
Male Denticulate Longhorn Bee (Melissodes denticulatus) sleeping on the peddle of a Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).
Can’t wait to see these beautiful blue eyes again this spring.
#BlueEyedBees #MacroPhotography #MilwaukeeWildlife #SleepyBeeSaturday
Male Denticulate Longhorn Bee (Melissodes denticulatus) sleeping on the peddle of a Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).
Can’t wait to see these beautiful blue eyes again this spring.
#BlueEyedBees #MacroPhotography #MilwaukeeWildlife #SleepyBeeSaturday
April 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Happy Sleepy Bee Saturday!
Male Denticulate Longhorn Bee (Melissodes denticulatus) sleeping on the peddle of a Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).
Can’t wait to see these beautiful blue eyes again this spring.
#BlueEyedBees #MacroPhotography #MilwaukeeWildlife #SleepyBeeSaturday
Male Denticulate Longhorn Bee (Melissodes denticulatus) sleeping on the peddle of a Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).
Can’t wait to see these beautiful blue eyes again this spring.
#BlueEyedBees #MacroPhotography #MilwaukeeWildlife #SleepyBeeSaturday
April 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Someone will probably try and tell you these field ants (Formica sp.) are farming these Aster treehoppers (Publilia concava) to harvest the nectar they excrete. Let’s be honest, though, they are clearly practicing necromancy.
#AntsOfBluesky #AntsFarming #MacroPhotography
#AntsOfBluesky #AntsFarming #MacroPhotography
April 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Someone will probably try and tell you these field ants (Formica sp.) are farming these Aster treehoppers (Publilia concava) to harvest the nectar they excrete. Let’s be honest, though, they are clearly practicing necromancy.
#AntsOfBluesky #AntsFarming #MacroPhotography
#AntsOfBluesky #AntsFarming #MacroPhotography
Rather wet and rainy day here in the ol’ MKE, so figured I’d share some of my refraction captures from last season. Love these little worlds suspended in rain drops.
#MacroPhotography #refractions #rainyday #MacroMKE
#MacroPhotography #refractions #rainyday #MacroMKE
April 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Rather wet and rainy day here in the ol’ MKE, so figured I’d share some of my refraction captures from last season. Love these little worlds suspended in rain drops.
#MacroPhotography #refractions #rainyday #MacroMKE
#MacroPhotography #refractions #rainyday #MacroMKE
Female Squash bee (Peponapis pruinosa) brushing pollen out of her eye as a tiny lil Field ant (Formica spp.) looks on while absolutely smothered in pollen.
Happy Saturday!
#MacroPhotography #CoveredInPollen
#MilwaukeeWildlife
Happy Saturday!
#MacroPhotography #CoveredInPollen
#MilwaukeeWildlife
March 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Female Squash bee (Peponapis pruinosa) brushing pollen out of her eye as a tiny lil Field ant (Formica spp.) looks on while absolutely smothered in pollen.
Happy Saturday!
#MacroPhotography #CoveredInPollen
#MilwaukeeWildlife
Happy Saturday!
#MacroPhotography #CoveredInPollen
#MilwaukeeWildlife
A *wee* lil field ant (Formica spp.) I found climbing the surface of a water droplet.
#MacroPhotography #MilwaukeeWildlife #AntsCanBeCuteToo
#MacroPhotography #MilwaukeeWildlife #AntsCanBeCuteToo
March 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
A *wee* lil field ant (Formica spp.) I found climbing the surface of a water droplet.
#MacroPhotography #MilwaukeeWildlife #AntsCanBeCuteToo
#MacroPhotography #MilwaukeeWildlife #AntsCanBeCuteToo