Newbee Bluebee

By Adrian D. Thysse | Published 18 July, 2010

Blue-eyed Bee

Unknown bee found inside Opuntia blossom, Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park, Alberta.

Any help with bee I.D. would be appreciated.

Note 23/07/2010: I submitted this image to BugGuide, and it has been suggested that this may be a male Diadasia (Coquillettapis) australis (Cresson), which may not have been recorded before in Canada.

(Photographed on the 4 o’ July, 2010 with Nikon D70 and the Tamron 90mm macro lens mounted on a Kenko Pro 1.4x tele-converter. ISO 200, 1/180 sec @ f38)

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3 Comments

  1. Posted 18 July, 2010 at 9:03 AM by Cindy | Permalink

    Beautiful!

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  2. Posted 18 July, 2010 at 11:13 AM by Roast Garlicious | Permalink

    that is a showstopping photo!!! sorry don’t know what kind of bee… but i have seen blue wasps that pack a nasty punch…

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  3. Posted 23 July, 2012 at 4:03 PM by Tom Kilroy | Permalink

    Hi nice shot. You might find this interesting. http://bugguide.net/node/view/195953

    Reply

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