Here is the latest addition to my Flora and Fauna series. Although these posts have not been the most popular, I like to make them as I can use some of my favorite pictures.

I really like pictures that combine flora and fauna. Most of them seem to be flowers and bugs, as is the case today.

These pictures were all taken while I was at Cuicuilco in Mexico City.

You have to look closely to find the bee in this picture. It is at the bottom edge of the bloom. However, I couldn’t force myself to crop off the surrounding seed pods in this picture just to show off the bee.

This flower was near the entrance of the Cuicuilco archaeological site and was the first of many flower pictures I would take at the site.

In this picture the bee has great camouflage as it is about the same color as the petals of the flower. However, you can clearly see the bee in the center of the flower.

This one reminds me of a picture that I used in Flora and Fauna II.

The bug in this picture is very small, but is crawling across a beautiful flower center. I really like the contrast between the yellow of the center and the purple color of the petals.

Here is another beautiful orange flower with a yellow center. In this one there are two bugs crawling through the center of the flower. One is a little easier to see and the other is mostly hidden.

I like the cactus pears that are just below the flower. I have a few more pictures of cactus pears and they just might be the subject of a future post.

Here are links to the previous three posts in the Flora and Fauna series:

Flora and Fauna

Flora and Fauna II

Flora and Fauna III

Which of the posts in the series is your favorite?

Steven