Thanks Mark! It does seem a bit hot to me as well. I process on an old laptop and the brightness/contrast on the screen changes drastically if I change my vertical angle of view by only a few degrees. I think that's what happened here.
After I read your post last night at the hospital (ain't technology amazin'?) I did a bit of research and discovered that there are many species of bumble bee (who knew?) and found a few that looked very similar to this (but different eyes). They even had the "bald spot" on their back. This guy was much longer and bigger than the round bumbles that I've noticed before. Much bigger and fuzzier than a honeybee, so yeah, I am thinking species of bumble bee. Thanks for the wing talk. I knew that many insects had two pairs that hook together and I certainly knew that butterflies, moths and dragonflies had two sets (obvious to the naked eye). But I had no idea that ~only~ flies had one pair. Interesting! Thanks again and thanks to all who commented. Much appreciated! cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> Sent: September 21, 2012 9/21/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: PESO - Buzz Buzz That's a nice shot, though it does seem a bit hot to me. The pose of the bee and the pollen on her back are very nice. That's not a European Honey Bee - apis mellifera - the color and patterns of the stripes and the shape of the body are not right. It is probably some sort of bumble bee. On an entomological note - all insects except flies have 4 wings. Flies have only 2 wings and little fleshy vestiges of the missing wings called halteres, which are used for balancing and not flight Flies are classified as diptera - Greek for "2 wings" Bees hook their wing pairs together so it looks like they only have 2 wings, but they really have 4. There are flies who mimic bees as well... I belive you can see where the wings match up on your shot, so I am pretty sure it is a bee of some sort... Mark On 9/20/2012 11:40 PM, frank theriault wrote: > One last bug photo from last weekend. I'm guessing this is a bee. > It's fuzzy like a bumble bee but the body doesn't seem round enough. > Whatever type it is, here's it's photo: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/09/buzz-buzz.html > > The response to my bug shots this week has been rather muted (that is > to say, almost non-existent), none the less, I hope you enjoy, and > comments are always welcome. > > cheers, > frank > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
