In rough translation this would be the "Florida Masked Bee." Tiny, grain of rice things, and usually mistaken for wasps as they carry their pollen internally rather than in their body hairs like other bees. Thus they have reverted to the wasp shape from whence bees came. This is a rare species collected by Heather Campbell as part of her survey of a sandhill area of North Carolina. Photo by Wayne Boo
Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200, link to a .pdf of our set up is located in our profile
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The female of the previous bee. Note the reduced yellow markings on the face (maculations in the parlance of taxonomists) and presenting the reason that bese in Genus Hylaeus are called "Masked Bees".
Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200, link to a .pdf of our set up is located in our profile
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In rough translation this would be the "Florida Masked Bee." Tiny, grain of rice things, and usually mistaken for wasps as they carry their pollen internally rather than in their body hairs like other bees. Thus they have reverted to the wasp shape from whence bees came. This is a rare species collected by Heather Campbell as part of her survey of a sandhill area of North Carolina. I enjoy the crispness of the these bees, their alien eye glamour, and the color pop of the interference patterns in their wings and their Photo by Wayne Boo
Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200, link to a .pdf of our set up is located in our profile
Tags: bug bugs bee bees pollinator pollinators animal animals Animalia Arthropod Arthropods Arthropoda Insect Insects Insecta Hymenoptera Aculeata Anthophila Apoidea Colletidae Yellow-masked Bee Yellow-masked Bees Hylaeus Hylaeus floridanus taxonomy:binomial=Hylaeus floridanus biml usgs droege sandhill north carolina black background usgsbiml
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In rough translation this would be the "Florida Masked Bee." Tiny, grain of rice things, and usually mistaken for wasps as they carry their pollen internally rather than in their body hairs like other bees. Thus they have reverted to the wasp shape from whence bees came. This is a rare species collected by Heather Campbell as part of her survey of a sandhill area of North Carolina. Photo by Wayne Boo
Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200, link to a .pdf of our set up is located in our profile
Tags: bug bugs bee bees pollinator pollinators animal animals Animalia Arthropod Arthropods Arthropoda Insect Insects Insecta Hymenoptera Aculeata Anthophila Apoidea Colletidae Yellow-masked Bee Yellow-masked Bees Hylaeus Hylaeus floridanus taxonomy:binomial=Hylaeus floridanus usgsbiml
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In rough translation this would be the "Florida Masked Bee." Tiny, grain of rice things, and usually mistaken for wasps as they carry their pollen internally rather than in their body hairs like other bees. Thus they have reverted to the wasp shape from whence bees came. This is a rare species collected by Heather Campbell as part of her survey of a sandhill area of North Carolina. Photo by Wayne Boo
Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200, link to a .pdf of our set up is located in our profile
Tags: bug bugs bee bees pollinator pollinators animal animals Animalia Arthropod Arthropods Arthropoda Insect Insects Insecta Hymenoptera Aculeata Anthophila Apoidea Colletidae Yellow-masked Bee Yellow-masked Bees Hylaeus Hylaeus floridanus taxonomy:binomial=Hylaeus floridanus usgsbiml
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