Megachile xylocopoides, m, side, md, kent county_2014-07-22-092858 ZS PMax_14719849302_o As you can see from the tattered edges
Megachile xylocopoides, m, side, md, kent county_2014-07-22-092858 ZS PMax_14719849302_o As you can see from the tattered edges of the is an old bee, meaning it has been out and about for about 5 weeks. This is also a male, one could count the antennal segments (13 in males, 12 in females) but you can also tell by the greatly expanded white front legs, these are used to cover the females eyes during they also give this bee a Cossack Dancer sort of feel, though that would be anthropomorphisming a bit too much. Also the jet black female of this species is the target of the previous bee, Coelioxys dolichos. Collected at Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{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, , ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 The murmuring of bees has ceased; But murmuring of some Posterior, prophetic, Has simultaneous come,-- The lower metres of the year, When nature's laugh is done,-- The Revelations of the book Whose Genesis is June. -Emily Dickinson Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Basic USGSBIML set up: ( ) 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. ( ) PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
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