Keywords: bug bugs bee bees pollinator pollinators animal animals animalia arthropod arthropods arthropoda insect insects insecta hymenoptera aculeata anthophila apoidea halictidae halictid halictid bee halictidbee sweat bee sweatbee sweat bees sweatbees halictinae halictini sphecodes taxonomy:binomial=sphecodes brachycephalus taxonomy:binomial=sphecodesbrachycephalus sphecodes brachycephalus sphecodesbrachycephalus biml usgs droege north carolina northcarolina sandhills usgsbiml black background photo border depth of field Another Heather Campbell collected bee from the Sandhills, this one a nest parasite, likely on something in the genus Lasioglossum, a very small bee...Check out the WIPs in the wing (Wing Interference Patterns) quite lovely .... these usually occur only in the most delicate of bees wings. Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Photographer: Sam Droege, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 Another Heather Campbell collected bee from the Sandhills, this one a nest parasite, likely on something in the genus Lasioglossum, a very small bee...Check out the WIPs in the wing (Wing Interference Patterns) quite lovely .... these usually occur only in the most delicate of bees wings. Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Photographer: Sam Droege, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 |