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| Keywords: colletidae taxonomy:binomial=euryglossidia euryglossidia bee biml usgsbiml droege australia oz animal Euryglossidia species, Pinnochio Euryglossidia, collected in Australia by Laurence Packer This undescribed species was collected in Western Australia after particularly good winter rains. It has an unusually pointed “nose”. No reason for this unusual modification is known. The bee was collected visiting flowers of XXXX , which would seem not to need a sharp object to open them to get at the nectar or pollen. However, bees will often visit different flowers for nectar than pollen, so we cannot be certain it’s “nose” is not a foraging adaptation. Another possibility is that it is used in nesting in some way. As these are cellophane bees that line their brood cells with a plastic-like material, perhaps these bees close the brood cell while they are out foraging to keep out unwanted intruders. They can then use their sharp face to cut open the brood cell. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 Further in Summer than the Birds Pathetic from the Grass A minor Nation celebrates Its unobtrusive Mass. No Ordinance be seen So gradual the Grace A pensive Custom it becomes Enlarging Loneliness. Antiquest felt at Noon When August burning low Arise this spectral Canticle Repose to typify Remit as yet no Grace No Furrow on the Glow Yet a Druidic Difference Enhances Nature now -- Emily Dickinson Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/ Contact information: Sam Droege sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840 Euryglossidia species, Pinnochio Euryglossidia, collected in Australia by Laurence Packer This undescribed species was collected in Western Australia after particularly good winter rains. It has an unusually pointed “nose”. No reason for this unusual modification is known. The bee was collected visiting flowers of XXXX , which would seem not to need a sharp object to open them to get at the nectar or pollen. However, bees will often visit different flowers for nectar than pollen, so we cannot be certain it’s “nose” is not a foraging adaptation. Another possibility is that it is used in nesting in some way. As these are cellophane bees that line their brood cells with a plastic-like material, perhaps these bees close the brood cell while they are out foraging to keep out unwanted intruders. They can then use their sharp face to cut open the brood cell. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 Further in Summer than the Birds Pathetic from the Grass A minor Nation celebrates Its unobtrusive Mass. No Ordinance be seen So gradual the Grace A pensive Custom it becomes Enlarging Loneliness. Antiquest felt at Noon When August burning low Arise this spectral Canticle Repose to typify Remit as yet no Grace No Furrow on the Glow Yet a Druidic Difference Enhances Nature now -- Emily Dickinson Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/ Contact information: Sam Droege sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840 | ||||
