File:Colletes thoracicus,m,face,Shenandoah Co., VA 2018-05-16-19.28.29 ZS (48772139902).jpg
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For whatever reason we haven't taken any very good pictures of this here bee, Colletes thoracicus. This species is one of two that form huge aggregations in loose or sandy soils in the Eastern U.S. Very cool and for some reason lacking any Bee Nest Parasites (Epeolus) that haunt other Colletes. The males swarm over the aggregations creating fear in the American populace of and imminent sting attach of their little darlings (they, of course, are unafraid). No need for fear as simply lying down in the middle of colony will prove. ... it is even more impressive if you take your clothes off. This male is from Shenandoah National Park, collected by Jessica Rykken and photoed by Greta Forbes. 23:41, 12 February 2020 (UTC)23:41, 12 February 2020 (UTC){{{{{{0}}}}}}23:41, 12 February 2020 (UTC)23:41, 12 February 2020 (UTC) All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.
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
Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Best over all technical resource for photo stacking: <a href="http://www.extreme-macro.co.uk" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.extreme-macro.co.uk/</a> Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland: <a href="http://bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf</a> Basic USGSBIML set up: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY</a> 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. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4</a> Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections">www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections</a> PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up: ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: <a href="https://plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo" rel="noreferrer nofollow">plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU</a> Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: <a href="http://www.photomacrography.net/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.photomacrography.net/</a> Contact information: Sam Droege sdroege@usgs.gov
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| Source | Colletes thoracicus,m,face,Shenandoah Co., VA_2018-05-16-19.28.29 ZS |
| Author | USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA |
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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Sam Droege at https://flickr.com/photos/54563451@N08/48772139902 (archive). It was reviewed on 12 February 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark. |
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