With spring just around the corner, I often get excited to see these first tiny arrivals.
I am not all that sure, but I am thinking that these are called "Field Pansy's." They look pretty much like a pansy and these are about 1 cm. across in diameter. This one here I photographed on the front lawn at the place of my employment, during my lunch break. During the summer about 75% of the insect photos that I take are at work during luch!
This particular small flower, somewhat resembles and orchid, though the books I have reference it to be called "Heal-All," probably due to its use many years ago for medicinal purposes.
Of course what would a flower be, without a bee? However, this is not a bee but a bee mimic, often referred to as a "Hover Fly, or Syrphid Fly." Their larvae are called by a very unsavory name, "rattailed maggot."
