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@Rihilism@toot.community  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Snug as a bug in a rose mallow bud!

Bit cold this July morning. Found this (likely) 2-spotted longhorn bee a bit sleepy/groggy in the rose mallow where it decided to bed down.

How 'bout that black and pink though?!

#StormHour#PhotoHour #bees #insects#MacroPhotography#Photography#AltText

Extreme closeup photograph of a (likely) two-spotted longhorn bee resting just within the central petals of a partially opened rose mallow bud (Hibiscus laevis). The bee has a few patches of fine granules of pink-white rose mallow pollen on its leg and head. This bee species has similar features to honeybees with a black abdomen, dark thorax, and head covered in fine black hairs, two long antennae, three simple black eyes on the forehead, and two black and gray compound eyes facing forward, six segmented legs, and transparent wings with dark veining. The upper segments of the bee's legs are covered in fine black hairs but the lower segments on the rear legs are covered in fine pale-yellow hairs.
Extreme closeup photograph of a (likely) two-spotted longhorn bee resting just within the central petals of a partially opened rose mallow bud (Hibiscus laevis). The bee has a few patches of fine granules of pink-white rose mallow pollen on its leg and head. This bee species has similar features to honeybees with a black abdomen, dark thorax, and head covered in fine black hairs, two long antennae, three simple black eyes on the forehead, and two black and gray compound eyes facing forward, six segmented legs, and transparent wings with dark veining. The upper segments of the bee's legs are covered in fine black hairs but the lower segments on the rear legs are covered in fine pale-yellow hairs.
Extreme closeup photograph of a (likely) two-spotted longhorn bee resting just within the central petals of a partially opened rose mallow bud (Hibiscus laevis). The bee has a few patches of fine granules of pink-white rose mallow pollen on its leg and head. This bee species has similar features to honeybees with a black abdomen, dark thorax, and head covered in fine black hairs, two long antennae, three simple black eyes on the forehead, and two black and gray compound eyes facing forward, six segmented legs, and transparent wings with dark veining. The upper segments of the bee's legs are covered in fine black hairs but the lower segments on the rear legs are covered in fine pale-yellow hairs.
Mark McCaughrean
@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

The huge carpenter bees in the garden (genus Xylocopa) continue to fascinate me, & this is one of my favourite pictures to date 🙂👍

It shows the subtle dichotomy of the gorgeous wing colouring – a bright metallic violet-blue in reflection & a deep crimson in transmission ❤️

The light dusting of yellow pollen offsets the otherwise dark head & body nicely 🙇‍♂️

#Photography 📷
#BugOfTheDay 🪰
#MacroPhotography 🔬
#InsectsOfMastodon 🕸️
#BackGardenEntomology 🪲

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@danielscher@mountains.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

New instance, new #introduction post!

The time has come for me to move on to this instance much more in line with my interests.
Gone are the many messages that I posted over the last couple of years, but I'm happy to have found a new, more like-minded community to compensate for this migration side effect.

You will find me sharing mostly #LandscapePhotography, #NightPhotography, #MacroPhotography and #BirdPhotography.

I am also interested in #astronomy and #LightPollution.

Below are a few of my landscape photos.

#photography #landscape #mountains #Scotland #Skye The Old Man of Storr, a 55-meter-high basalt pinnacle, on a sunny day with a few clouds, looking out to sea over an island and then beyond to shores and mountains. A small group of hikers can be seen at the bottom of the photo, giving a better idea of the scale.
#photography #landscape #mountains #Scotland #Skye The Old Man of Storr, a 55-meter-high basalt pinnacle, on a sunny day with a few clouds, looking out to sea over an island and then beyond to shores and mountains. A small group of hikers can be seen at the bottom of the photo, giving a better idea of the scale.
#photography #landscape #mountains #Scotland #Skye The Old Man of Storr, a 55-meter-high basalt pinnacle, on a sunny day with a few clouds, looking out to sea over an island and then beyond to shores and mountains. A small group of hikers can be seen at the bottom of the photo, giving a better idea of the scale.
#photography #landscape #LandscapePhotography #mountains #Schwarzwald #clouds #CloudInversion About ten successive layers of wooded hilltops separated by seas of shiny white clouds trapped in the valleys under a blue sky. This is in the Black Forest, a large forested mountain range in southwest Germany.
#photography #landscape #LandscapePhotography #mountains #Schwarzwald #clouds #CloudInversion About ten successive layers of wooded hilltops separated by seas of shiny white clouds trapped in the valleys under a blue sky. This is in the Black Forest, a large forested mountain range in southwest Germany.
#photography #landscape #LandscapePhotography #mountains #Schwarzwald #clouds #CloudInversion About ten successive layers of wooded hilltops separated by seas of shiny white clouds trapped in the valleys under a blue sky. This is in the Black Forest, a large forested mountain range in southwest Germany.
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@odawgie@meow.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Celebrating #FungiFriday with officially the teeniest mushroom I've photographed; I'm still pretty new to real macro photography and it's proven to be quite the challenge, particularly on film, but wow is it satisfying when the effort pays off!

#mushtodon #sporespondence #mushrooms #fungi #Mosstodon #film #filmphotography #macrophotography

color film photo of a pair of tiny, light brown mushrooms growing from a dense carpet of short, green moss; they have narrow stipes each leading to a round cap that curves slightly inward around the edge; looking closely at the cap, one can see that it's covered in tiny white granules and seems to be ever so slightly pleated, creating the appearance of dark stripes running towards the edge where the gills are presumably attached inside; in the foreground, the blurred outlines of several even smaller specimens are visible
color film photo of a pair of tiny, light brown mushrooms growing from a dense carpet of short, green moss; they have narrow stipes each leading to a round cap that curves slightly inward around the edge; looking closely at the cap, one can see that it's covered in tiny white granules and seems to be ever so slightly pleated, creating the appearance of dark stripes running towards the edge where the gills are presumably attached inside; in the foreground, the blurred outlines of several even smaller specimens are visible
color film photo of a pair of tiny, light brown mushrooms growing from a dense carpet of short, green moss; they have narrow stipes each leading to a round cap that curves slightly inward around the edge; looking closely at the cap, one can see that it's covered in tiny white granules and seems to be ever so slightly pleated, creating the appearance of dark stripes running towards the edge where the gills are presumably attached inside; in the foreground, the blurred outlines of several even smaller specimens are visible