carpenter bee by Richardphotos

Photography • Macro • posted on Jul 11, 2005

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thanks to Jeroen I know now this is a carpenter bee. they are very hard to capture because of erratic behaviour and flight. I had to just wait for one to come to me and I never used the viewer because of no time, just hand held and shot hope your new week is wonderful and I appreciate you taking time out of your busy life to visit and comment

Comments (39)

MariaAJMD

10:53PM | Tue, 12 July 2005

Wonderful shot and without the viewer! V Brilliant and patient work!

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SophiaDeer

11:15PM | Tue, 12 July 2005

How beautiful!! What a stunning color on the flower.

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Digimon

9:41PM | Wed, 13 July 2005

Enmos would know, he is a bug eefisheeahnado! Great capture!!!

nhirschberger

3:35AM | Thu, 14 July 2005

Fantastic composition and shot ! Wonderful colors and details ! Excellent work !!! VOTE

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Myako

11:17AM | Thu, 14 July 2005

Sweet shot again, wonderful that you capture it!!

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Enmos

5:11PM | Thu, 14 July 2005

Wow that is quite a capture Richard !! Its not a mimic however, its a carpenter bee. There isnt enough of this fellow visible to be sure but id say its 'Xylocopa violacea'. But definately 'Xylocopa sp.' :o) Take a look here: http://www.geocities.com/pelionature/Xylocopa.htm or search the net for 'Xylocopa violacea' and 'Xylocopa'. Sorry to answer you so late, i kinda forgot... :(

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AnnaKirsten

10:38AM | Fri, 15 July 2005

Amazing shot! Its legs are simply covered with pollen - took me a minute to suss out what I was looking at, as I've not heard of the term mimic before in relation to an insect!

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