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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Immature Carpenter Bee On Rose of Sharon
From: smithjeffery at mac.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 20:06:15 -0700
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Correct. Adults stay the same size.

> On Aug 2, 2021, at 7:43 PM, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Great shot.  I love it.
> 
> I don't know about the "immature" description.  Bees are "born" full grown 
> when they emerge from the pupa stage.  They do not grow or molt like some 
> insets do.  Maybe there are "runts"?  I do not know.
> 
> Aram
> 
> On 8/1/2021 2:12 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> I found this Immature Carpenter Bee exploring a Rose of Sharon bloom, 
>> trying to learn his job.  He was clumsy, but managed to get a little 
>> pollen on his body and face.
>> 
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210801-P8019990-Enhanced.JPG.html
>>  
>> 
>> Oly E-1 with Oly 50/2 Macro
>> 
> -- 
> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
> ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself 
> would ever have dared dream.?
>   James D. Watson
> 
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