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Dioxys tridentata


Dioxys tridentata
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Copyright: Marx Kol (Marx44) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 174 W: 95 N: 602] (2134)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08-31
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 30 D, Canon EF 100 mm F2.8 Macro USM
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/100 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-11 10:46
Viewed: 219
Points: 32
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
It is probably this Dioxys tridentata.

The superfamily Apoidea is a major group within the Hymenoptera, which includes two traditionally-recognized lineages, the "sphecoid" wasps, and the bees, who appear to be their descendants.


Bees appear in recent classifications to be a specialized lineage of crabronid wasps that switched to the use of pollen and nectar as larval food, rather than insect prey; this presumably makes Crabronidae a paraphyletic group. Accordingly, bees and sphecoids are now all grouped together in a single superfamily, and the older available name is "Apoidea" rather than "Sphecoidea" (which, like Spheciformes, has been used in the past, but also defined a paraphyletic group and has been abandoned).

As the bees themselves (not including their wasp ancestors) are still considered a monophyletic group, it is still convenient to use a grouping between superfamily and family to unify all bees. A few recent classifications have addressed this problem by lumping all bee families together into a single large family Apidae[citation needed], though this has not met with widespread acceptance. The alternative classification in more common use is to unite all bees under the name Anthophila (Engel, 2005), which is equivalent to the obsolete name Apiformes
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hello Marx
this is a super sharpness picture
great details andbeautiful colours with good BG.
greeting lou

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2912 W: 34 N: 8640] (32202)
  • [2009-10-11 10:52]

Hi Marx. This is an excellent macro shot of the insect. Your very sharp focusing has given fine detail. Showing every little hair on its body. even the pink coloured polen on its legs. Your use of the light has given rich natural looking colours. well taken TFS,
nick..

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2395 W: 94 N: 5542] (17634)
  • [2009-10-11 10:56]

Hello Marx,
Superb macro in perfect sharpness and details. The colours are also amazing, the contrasts and clarity are splendid. Great POV, composition, OOF BG and DOF.
Regards,
Peter

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  • iti Gold Star Critiquer [C: 88 W: 0 N: 7] (534)
  • [2009-10-11 10:59]

Hi Marx,
Excellent macro work. Nice colours with excellent detail.
Regards Jiri.

Ciao Marx, fantastic macro of busy bee on beautiful flowers, splendid sharpness and wonderful colors, superb details and lovely blurry BG, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hi Marx,

Amazing Macro shot
Excellent sharp details
Perfect colors and light

TFS Thijs

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  • cirano Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 656 W: 0 N: 228] (4950)
  • [2009-10-11 11:44]

Slav Marx,
Very good macro shot of this bee in-flight.Nice focus,colors and POV.Great sharp detils.TFS.

Dūrzan

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  • meyerd Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 519 W: 68 N: 1696] (5366)
  • [2009-10-11 12:39]

Hi Marx,
great and rare bee shot. I have never seen this bee before. All is very sharp . Great and informative note too. I like this kind of contributiuion to TN very much, thanks for that, Marx.

Interesting: the bee seems to be attached to three pistils by the mandible. This is an interesting behavior. It could be related to a fungus parasite which, growing into the brain, changes the behavior of the bee. This bee position if it is permanent allows the future fungus spores growing at the outside of the bee to distribute well: manipulation by parasites. But of course I don't know if this is true for your bee.

Best regards
Dietrich

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1378 W: 56 N: 4747] (16330)
  • [2009-10-11 13:09]

Hallo Marx,
Genialne makro z wszystkimo szczegolami.Wspaniala ostrosc,super kontrast,przepiekne tlo.Same superlatywy.Pozdrawiam Siggi

Hello Marx,

A very successful way to move the bees take beautiful. At the same time very beautiful colors and beautiful composition. Light and very successful as a macro point of view shots. TFS

Best Regards
Mehmet

What intrigant POV dear Marx! Fantastic lighting compo compo in good light and shapr. Best regards.

Roberto

Ho ho ho,

Good shot its amazing to see no hint of movement here in this flight shot with a TV of 1/100!! Love the composition and the way the pollen is stuck to this bee's legs

TFS
Goutham R
www.gouthamramesh.com

Marx
Wonderful capture of this rare(for me)Dioxys tridentata!
Great capture on fly!!!
Congratulation1
Horia

Hello Marx
macro fantastica su questa ape in volo con una precisa messa a fuoco sia sul piccolo insetto che sul fiore. Eccellenti i dettagli ed i colori.
Livio

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 609 W: 0 N: 541] (3164)
  • [2009-10-17 13:03]

Witaj Marx,

Nice to makro piękne kolory.
Doskonałe odtwarzanie, gratulacje.
Piękny Sobota,
Adrian

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1725 W: 0 N: 3924] (15760)
  • [2009-10-18 4:48]

Hello Marx,
I missed this special shot...strange how the bee is floating in the air over the flower. Beautiful color-combination and perfect sharpness.I like also the composition with just a quarter of the flowersincluded in the picture.
Thanks and kind regards
Anne

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