Carpenter Bee #Macro Photography

ejhaasteem (68)in #photography • 5 years ago

Hi dear Steemians,,,, Today I re-post some pictures from macro photography, this image has been long ago I save, and waiting for the right moment to upload.

The name of this insect is Carpenter bee, are species in the genus Xylocopa of the subfamily Xylocopinae. They are often found perched on flowers, while sucking on nectar.

In Aceh, Carpenter Bee, also often found lodged in old houses made of wood. Sometimes used by small children to play, even when I was a kid.

Here I quote some information about Carpenter Bee, as a reading, also science for all of us.

Many species in this enormous genus are difficult to tell apart; most species are all-black, or primarily black with some yellow or white pubescence. Some differ only in subtle morphological features, such as details of the male genitalia. Males of some species differ confusingly from the females, being covered in greenish-yellow fur. The confusion of species arises particularly in the common names; in India, for example, the common name for any all-black species of Xylocopa is bhanvra, and reports and sightings of bhanvra are commonly misattributed to a European species, Xylocopa violacea; however, this species is found only in the northern regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, and most reports of bhanvra, especially elsewhere in India, refer to any of roughly 15 other common black Xylocopa species in the region, such as X. nasalis, X. tenuiscapa, or X. tranquebarorum. Read more : Wikipedia

I took this photo in a small park in Aceh, by using a smartphone camera, with the addition of a macro lens.