This was an unexpected discovery on my hike today.

I saw this last year and here they are, going at it again. I almost blushed. You should have seen them flying together while, in flagrante delicto.

Also known as, Hummingbird Moths, this one was seen at Tandy Hills Natural Area on April 11, 2022, feeding on Purple Paintbrush (Castilleja purpurea).

A Common Buckeye butterfly and a Western Honeybee sharing a Purple Coneflower at Tandy Hills on a perfect spring afternoon at Tandy Hills.

In April 2020, I came upon an Oak tree at Tandy Hills that had a small hole in the trunk. Dozens of insects were fluttered around the hole apparently getting sustenance of some kind.

Dragonflies and a variety of pollinators crisscross the Iconic Prairie Meadow on June 13, 2019

A Monarch butterfly just minutes after emerging form it's chrysalis on November 5, 2018, at Tandy Hills Natural Area in Fort Worth, TX.

Tandy Hills Natural Area, Fort Worth, TX, October 27, 2018: A trio of Sleepy Orange Butterflies engaged in a manic, aerial dance was a sight ot behold.

Grooved Nipple Cactus, uncommon at Tandy Hills Natural Area, being pollinated by a voracious group of Kern's Flower Scarabs. This was the second bloom for this cactus in spring 2017.

A pair of Queen Butterflies in an apparent mating ritual at Tandy Hills Natural Area, 7 April 2017.

Pollinators partaking of Sensitive Briar (Mimosa roemeriana) pollen At, Tandy Hills Natural Area, Fort Worth, Texas, 15 April 2017.