Keywords: bug bugs bee bees pollinator pollinators animal animals animalia arthropod arthropods arthropoda insect insects insecta hymenoptera aculeata anthophila apoidea cuckoo bee cuckoobee cuckoo bees cuckoobees apidae apinae nomadinae nomada nomada parva nomadaparva taxonomy:binomial=nomada parva taxonomy:binomial=nomadaparva biml usgs droege zerene stacker zerenestacker stackshot parasite nest parasite nestparasite inquiline usgsbiml black background depth of field photo border serene macro spider One of the tiniest of all the Nomada..so small that it made no sense to try and Photoshop out the pin on which it was glued. We are production operation, rarely do we have the luxury of having specimens that we can prepare beforehand for picture taking. Thus you take what is given to you. In this case the pin and the clear glue are not that distracting and even a bit attractive, particularly with the interference patterns in the wings. Specimen collected in Wicomico County by Brooke Alexander who also took the picture Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 One of the tiniest of all the Nomada..so small that it made no sense to try and Photoshop out the pin on which it was glued. We are production operation, rarely do we have the luxury of having specimens that we can prepare beforehand for picture taking. Thus you take what is given to you. In this case the pin and the clear glue are not that distracting and even a bit attractive, particularly with the interference patterns in the wings. Specimen collected in Wicomico County by Brooke Alexander who also took the picture Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 |