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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Eastern (Green-Eyed) Carpenter Bee
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:46:35 -0500
References: <7f4acf7c-f4ad-6865-99e7-396119e343b9@lighttube.net>

Your Buda bushes are the gift that jurors on giving.   In Atlanta the
carpenter bees loved to bore into a treated one hand rail.   Interestingly
they left teak alone.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 2:43 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> A few Carpenter Bees are still hanging around the Buddleia.  Here is a
> good overall view of the Eastern Carpenter Bee, with its distinctive
> green eyes.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201022-PA229668.JPG.html
>
> These bees have grinding teeth that allow them to bore through solid
> soft pine.  I finally got a shot of the teeth.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201022-PA229658.JPG.html
>
> E-1 with 50/2.0  Macro Lens.
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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