[Leica] IMG: Another View of My Uncommon Bee

[Ric Carter]

I am having a similar ID problem at my daughter's house in Bristol. Looks much like a carpenter bee, but elongated. Try looking up giant resin bee:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megachile_sculpturalis <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megachile_sculpturalis>

Ric








> On Aug 20, 2021, at 10:51 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Jayanand.  This bee is still somewhat of a puzzle to those who know bees.
> 
> On 8/20/21 9:44 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
>> Nice perspective
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> 
>> On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 2:11 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> I shot in burst mode today, hoping to catch more details of the group of
>>> bees working my Rose of Sharon blooms. The blooms were closing up for
>>> the afternoon and I salvaged only one useful image.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210820-P8200365-2-Enhanced.JPG.html
>>> 
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>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> 
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