Day Shot~Busy Insects

Busy bee on spiraea blossoms.

Busy ants on peony bud. It has been said that for peonies to bloom, ants must eat the outer covering off the bud.

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This entry was written by Anna Surface and posted on May 15, 2008 at 1:29 pm and filed under All Photos~Posts, Anna Photos, Flowers, Macro with tags , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

4 Comments

  1. Bo
    Posted May 15, 2008 at 6:20 pm | Permalink

    Is that true about ants? Really? My peonies are swarming in ants.

  2. Anna Surface
    Posted May 16, 2008 at 7:44 am | Permalink

    Long ago, an old and wizened woman (everyone had called her Gram) told me about the ants and peonies. My peonies are swarming in ants too. :)

  3. townie
    Posted May 17, 2008 at 4:56 am | Permalink

    I’m so glad I came across this entry, I have pink peonies in my back garden and every year I wondered why the buds were covered in ants, I always thought they kept it free of aphids… but now I know the real reason, thanks Anna :)

  4. Anna Surface
    Posted May 17, 2008 at 8:26 am | Permalink

    You know, ants are great for eating up aphids, plant lice, and fleas too. So maybe ants are multi-purpose in the plant and animal kingdom.

    Our peonies are late in blooming, as with other flowers because of the long and severe cold we had. The ants are helping though. :)

    Thanks for commenting and stopping by, townie. :)

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