ミズキと虫たち / Bugs on giant dogwood

A beetle single-mindedly feeding on pollen. A lot of insects were attracted to the dogwood flowers.
Their bodies are covered with pollen, so they must be helping to pollinate the flowers.

花と昆虫 flowers and bugs
Nikon D750 + Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di MACRO 1:1 VC USD

This tree grows to about 10 to 15 meters in height, so it seems to be quite large.
The tree I photographed was tall enough to be observed, and it was apparently a young tree.
Even so, there were quite a lot of flowers and pollen.

花 flowers

The bee here is also hard at work collecting pollen.

花の上のハチ a bee on flowers

I don’t know what kind, but it is a pretty big ant.

葉っぱの裏のアリ Ant on the underside of leaves

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