Cute Bee, but not Cute Tactics, Pt. 3 - _TNY_8179

This is one of the blood bees (Sphecodes sp.), bees which look really cute, but since they are kleptoparasitic, perhaps everybody won't think they are that nice.

These typically like to locate not yet sealed up burrows of bees in the Lasioglossum, Andrena and Halictus genera and lay their egg there to take advantage of the work put in by the other bee.

They are quite difficult to identiy down to species and on top of that, not very good at sitting still. Most that I've come across have been on a constant move which makes shooting them difficult.

This particular one was trying to locate a suitable burrow among the flowers at the front of our house in mid-May.

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52675363430/

Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52696236946/

Taken in: Sweden / Stockholm / Nödesta (show map)

Taken on: April 20, 2019

Tags:

macro

Canon

CanonEOS5DMarkII

Canon 5D Mark II

5D2

Canon 580EX II

Speedlite

plåtdiffusor v1

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

Raynox

DCR-250

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Biene

bij

blodbi

blood bee

Sphecodes

Halictinae

Halictidae

vägbi

Apiformes

Apoidea

stekel

gaddstekel

midjestekel

Hymenoptera

Aculeata

Apocrita

black

red

shiny

black eyes

compound eyes

Blutbiene

Buckelbiene

cleptoparasite

kleptoparasite

Hautflügler

kleptoparasitic bee

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/22.0, 1/200 sec, 100mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:	EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Fired
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 23.3 (Windows)
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