Last weekend in Virginia Beach I saw a bit of black at the tip of a tightly closed yellow flower.
The flower was making a buzzing sound. What next?
As I watched a bumblebee backed out. In the last photo you can see that she was in the flower upside down.
p.s. Do you know what flower this is? Is it False Foxglove? It was growing in sandy soil by the Long Creek Trail at First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach, VA.
(photos by Kate St. John)
Toadflax….but I’ve always called it Butter and Eggs. More precisely, Linaria vulgaris
Bumblebees are strong enough to crawl inside.
If they open up like snapdragons, they’re toadflax. If they open up like little trumpets, they’re false foxglove.
Dottie, They appeared to open like trumpets, but it was hard to tell because none were open.