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1 Stanley Sea  Jul 13, 2014 6:16:26pm

Bravo

2 CuriousLurker  Jul 13, 2014 6:52:46pm

Beautiful.

Could that last one possibly be a long-horned bee? They seem to be “furrier” than the carpenter bees and their wings appear to be opaque instead of transparent. It’s kinda hard to tell since I can’t clearly see the back or wings of the one in your photo.

Edit: Quick question—were you using a macro lens or a zoom?

3 CuriousLurker  Jul 13, 2014 7:23:22pm

re: #2 CuriousLurker

P.S. Here’s another example, and another (from Pennsylvania!), and here are the Google Images results for a bunch more from the same Melissodes bimaculata sub-genus. Now if you’ll excuse me, I found some awesome bee pics to share up in the main thread…

4 EiMitch  Jul 13, 2014 9:08:11pm

Not the bees!

What? Somebody had to make that reference. Its an iconic so-bad-its-good line.

5 Feline Fearless Leader  Jul 14, 2014 6:07:41am

re: #2 CuriousLurker

Beautiful.

Could that last one possibly be a long-horned bee? They seem to be “furrier” than the carpenter bees and their wings appear to be opaque instead of transparent. It’s kinda hard to tell since I can’t clearly see the back or wings of the one in your photo.

Edit: Quick question—were you using a macro lens or a zoom?

The long-horned bee looks like an excellent potential match on the photo.

Macro setting on a Nikon 3200 and one of the standard lens. Results are a bit hit or miss at times since the insects move, the wind shifts the flowers, and sometimes the lens thinks I want to focus on something other than the insect.


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