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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens)
Photo#445817
Copyright © 2010
Keith Short
Green yellow black wasp -
Agapostemon virescens
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Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA
August 21, 2010
Size: 12mm
This beauty was feeding on a flower.
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Contributed by
Keith Short
on 22 August, 2010 - 9:19pm
Last updated 6 October, 2018 - 10:11pm
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John S. Ascher
, 23 August, 2010 - 9:53pm
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He kinda looks like Agapostem
He kinda looks like Agapostemon from the photos, but don't take my word for it...I don't know a bee from a buffalo.
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Aubrey Berridge
, 22 August, 2010 - 10:19pm
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yep
an agapostemen of sorts
keith- it makes me sad to see this- it's one thing to catch insects for a collection, but to kill and glue on a stick, take some pictures and then your done with it- i think it is a sad waste of insect life
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J. Anderson
, 23 August, 2010 - 1:02pm
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sad waste of insect life
Jody, to a degree I am with you. I don't use insecticide in my garden and spiders, butterflies and moths are completely spared by me. It does make me a bit sad when I kill a beautiful wasp, but many folks (beyond the BugGuide world) get to appreciate their beauty. I have no remorse for killing flies.
Kind regards,
KS
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Keith Short
, 23 August, 2010 - 7:05pm
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why?
there are some beautiful flies
i also think we shouldn't be able to say which insects are best.
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J. Anderson
, 24 August, 2010 - 4:00pm
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WOW!
Spectacular shots! Photos of this resolution always give these creatures more 'personality', like a portrait. I'm totally jealous of your camera!
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Cassie Novak
, 22 August, 2010 - 9:30pm
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photos...
I don't have equipment that works well in the field. Too much mirror bounce on my Pentax ist*DS. I catch, freeze and glue the subject to a stick. With dead bugs I can photograph them in my bug studio with the mirror locked up. Then I stack multiple photos to enhance the depth of field.
The syntheytic depth of field from photo stacking allows you to make "discoveries" with every bug. As a mechanical engineer I find it interesting to see how Mother Nature has solved the same problems I deal with every day on the job. And if you can photogaph a pollen grain, a spawl on a gear tooth is not much of a challenge.
KS
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Keith Short
, 22 August, 2010 - 9:50pm
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