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Green and orange
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Green and orange

by Carolyn Derstine

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted November 7, 201285 views4 comments
Not sure of exact ID of this insect. They like to visit the Black-eyed Susan flowers in my flower beds. I liked the contrast of the green fly on the orange flower. Oops, it's a bee. . .thanks Peter.

Canon Rebel T1i. 180mm macro lens. F/4 for 1/200 sec. ISO 200. Natural lighting.

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Peter Cross on November 7, 2012 at 4:38 PM
Nice photo with an interesting comp. Love the colors and the detail. It's a bee and my guess would be some sort of sweat bee.
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Comment posted by John Neukirch on November 7, 2012 at 7:39 PM
A fascinating and beautiful image. I believe this is probably a Augochlora Sweat Bee.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/79292
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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on November 7, 2012 at 7:56 PM
Thanks, John, for the ID. :wavey:
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Comment posted by scott lanz on November 7, 2012 at 10:18 PM
I love the contrasting orange and green colors, Carolyn. The metallic green sweat is very sharp and really stands out nicely. :toast:
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