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RockvilleBob · 07-28-2018, 06:43 PM

Originally posted by swanlefitte

Nice shots but carpenter bees.
See here.
Hymenoptera

Thanks for the information and the link.

**Kerrowdown** · 07-29-2018, 01:29 AM - **1 Like**

**Kerrowdown** · 07-29-2018, 01:55 AM - **2 Likes**

Soft and subtle bokeh, wonderful colours, backlight, iridescence bee, it's got it all for me.

**aslyfox** · 07-29-2018, 04:51 AM - **2 Likes**

Competing Pollinators ( all 3 )

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crop and PP

K 3 II + SMC Pentax-D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro

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**pepperberry farm** · 07-29-2018, 05:37 AM - **2 Likes**

**TER-OR** · 07-29-2018, 05:56 AM

Originally posted by RockvilleBob

A couple of bumble bee shots taken handheld using 105macro and 1.4tc
The optical quality seems OK but the DOF with the TC is too shallow for me
The bees are so enchanted I can get pretty close

Great shots! Just a note, these are Xylocopa carpenter bees, not Bombus bumblebees. They are closely related, it's easy to be confused. The best ways to tell is Xylocopa typically have bald abdomen (though males are hairier), and the big triangular head is as wide as the body, bumbles don't share this trait.

swanlefitte · 07-29-2018, 03:21 PM - **2 Likes**

these vines are shared by everything. I even saw a lizard licking one today.

**pepperberry farm** · 07-29-2018, 03:32 PM - **2 Likes**

RockvilleBob · 07-29-2018, 07:04 PM

Originally posted by TER-OR

Great shots! Just a note, these are Xylocopa carpenter bees, not Bombus bumblebees. They are closely related, it's easy to be confused. The best ways to tell is Xylocopa typically have bald abdomen (though males are hairier), and the big triangular head is as wide as the body, bumbles don't share this trait.

Thanks Terry
I appreciate the comment and the information about Carpenter and Bumble Bees - I thought they were one and the same.
Bob

helgeson66 · 07-29-2018, 07:17 PM

Great hummingbird

normhead · 07-30-2018, 12:41 PM - **2 Likes**

Bee
K-3 and DFA 100 macro with HD DA 11.4 TC

**MetteHHH** · 07-30-2018, 12:49 PM - **2 Likes**

Here's a green forester - one of my favourite butterflies. Or moths I suppose.

**noelcmn** · 08-01-2018, 01:23 PM - **2 Likes**

swanlefitte · 08-01-2018, 05:40 PM - **2 Likes**

This one was sleeping on the job.

aaacb · 08-01-2018, 06:38 PM - **1 Like**

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07-28-2018, 06:43 PM	#421
RockvilleBob Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Lewes DE USA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,780	Originally posted by swanlefitte Nice shots but carpenter bees. See here. Hymenoptera Thanks for the information and the link.

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TER-OR Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dundee, IL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,699	Originally posted by RockvilleBob A couple of bumble bee shots taken handheld using 105macro and 1.4tc The optical quality seems OK but the DOF with the TC is too shallow for me The bees are so enchanted I can get pretty close Great shots! Just a note, these are Xylocopa carpenter bees, not Bombus bumblebees. They are closely related, it's easy to be confused. The best ways to tell is Xylocopa typically have bald abdomen (though males are hairier), and the big triangular head is as wide as the body, bumbles don't share this trait.

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RockvilleBob Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Lewes DE USA Photos: Albums Posts: 1,780	Originally posted by TER-OR Great shots! Just a note, these are Xylocopa carpenter bees, not Bombus bumblebees. They are closely related, it's easy to be confused. The best ways to tell is Xylocopa typically have bald abdomen (though males are hairier), and the big triangular head is as wide as the body, bumbles don't share this trait. Thanks Terry I appreciate the comment and the information about Carpenter and Bumble Bees - I thought they were one and the same. Bob

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