Big Eye Bee

14 responses to “Big Eye Bee”

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   Reel Nomad

   Jun 6, 2008 at 2:48 am

   great detail

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   angry shock

   Jun 6, 2008 at 2:51 am

   a pencil-taxi.

   How funny, a couple of hours ago I was disturbed for a loud buzz, took me a while to detect where it came from (first thought it was a plug, electrical buzzing. Finally she showed up, one big black fly. But cannot make mine move away, she is still coming and going, buzzing me around.

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   eye of einstein

   Jun 6, 2008 at 2:58 am

   …….the way it looks is really cool…
   bee happy…

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4. 

   ` ®© ROBERTO CARBONI

   Jun 6, 2008 at 3:20 am

   what a beautiful photo congrats.

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5. 

   avlxyz

   Jun 6, 2008 at 6:56 am

   wow, a PowerShot did that?!
   that’s amazing detail 🙂

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   nhr

   Jun 6, 2008 at 7:00 am

   A female Valley Carpenter Bee, perhaps ?

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   TomiTapio

   Jun 6, 2008 at 10:10 am

   I’m thinking "bee" with the eye and hairs.

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   Lida Rose

   Jun 6, 2008 at 6:02 pm

   Great shot of a difficult subject!

   Thanks for the interesting comments on my frog eye photo!

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9. 

   jurvetson

   Jun 6, 2008 at 6:35 pm

   A big black bee… yes, and gosh, I’m glad she did not sting me with my camera 1cm away…. =)

   but dem flygirls are just mesmerizing…
   

   All I knew is that she was a lady, an exotic lady from afar…

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10. 

    Leino88

    Jun 6, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    it’s a "blueberry bee", not a carpenter bee.
    🙂
    native to east and southern west coast.
    often raised as blueberry crop pollinators.
    pretty solitary, and generally non-aggressive, until they’re prodded with a pencil tip for too long.
    😛

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    angry shock

    Jun 7, 2008 at 7:02 pm

    very interesting corrections made. always good to learn something new. now she has been "upgraded" from fly status to bee status to my eyes. (bees are way cooler than flies that´s why it´s an upgrade to me. Not as cool as moths, tho)

    Mine down here was an ordinary fat buzzing fly, no doubt. 🙁

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12. 

    wilshirepix

    Jun 9, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    Wow… if I knew they looked so terrifying… no, I’d still swat them.

    Seen in Macro 1-2-3 group.

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    pecunium

    Jun 11, 2008 at 4:58 am

    It’s a carpenter bee, and they are both mild-mannered and not painful if you do get them to sting you.

    I’ve got a similar grab shot.

    

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    nhr

    Jun 12, 2008 at 10:05 pm

    deadair wrote:
    > if I knew they looked so terrifying… no, I’d still swat them.

    Man-induced environmental changes are already putting enough pressure on the pollinator insects on which mankind’s food supply depends. Swatting the odd bee or two that traipses into a house doesn’t sound like a very sound or charitable idea…

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