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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 21:14:55 -0700
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No harm no foul. Didn't mean to be the bee police. :-)

Jeffery

> On Aug 2, 2021, at 8:44 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> Jeffery and Aram,
> 
> Perhaps I mis-identified the bee.  The Mining Bee or Digger Bee has a 
> similar appearance, but measures only about 10mm in length.  Having seen 
> it only on the bloom, I have no idea where it lives.
> 
> On 8/2/21 10:06 PM, Jeffery Smith via LUG wrote:
>> 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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> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
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