Melitta melittoides, f, aa co, md, face_2018-07-17-17.25.00 ZS PMax UDR by Sam Droege There are 6 fa
Melitta melittoides, f, aa co, md, face_2018-07-17-17.25.00 ZS PMax UDR by Sam Droege There are 6 families of bees in North America. The bee here Melitta melittoides is member of Melittidae. Melittidae has only 2 genera of bees in the East. Most of them are highly specialized. Our friend here is a Lyonia (maleberry) specialist. In the face shot of the female…check out the size of those mandibles. I am not sure what their use is, but it would be either in opening up flowers or some sort of nesting function. I know of no other bee that has anything close to that shape. Collected on Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Anne Arundel County Maryland. ~~~~~~~~~~}}}}~~~~~~~~~~ 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, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 We Are Made One with What We Touch and See We are resolved into the supreme air, We are made one with what we touch and see, With our heart’s blood each crimson sun is fair, With our young lives each spring impassioned tree Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change. - Oscar Wilde You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIMLWant some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Best over all technical resource for photo stacking:www.extreme-macro.co.uk/ Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World:www.amazon.com/Bees-Up-Close-Pollinators-Around-World/dp/… Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland: bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf Basic USGSBIML set up:www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY 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.www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genuswww.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: https://ift.tt/14SejXD Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo orwww.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:www.photomacrography.net/ Contact information: Sam Droege sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840 https://flic.kr/p/2hbcDsz -- source link
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