The Broad-handed Carpenter Bee on Twig

in Beauty of Creativity3 months ago

This bee was buzzing around my backyard, sometime it made a quick stop on twig. Then, I came inside to grab my smartphone along with macro device. It's gone, but in any moment, it came back again. That's was my chance to take its photo from very close range. Huff, after being done with a few clicks, it flew away which assumed it would come back, but after long wait, it did not show up. It moved quite a lot during midday which made me waited for little longer to have good time for the shot. It is not like common bees such as honeybees, bumblebees, or other kinds of bees that live in colonies, carpenter bees are not included in social insects family. Xylocopa latipes, commonly called the tropical carpenter bee, is a species of carpenter bee whose habitat is often found in Southeast Asia. Just like its close relative, Xylocopa violacea or commonly known as the broad-handed carpenter bee X. latipes also inhabits forests in tropical climates and builds nests by digging holes into wood. The broad-handed carpenter bee is a very large, robust, solitary bee. It is shiny, fully black in color with fuscous metallic blue-green or purple wings in sunlight.


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CameraSmartphone
CategoryMacrophotography
LensLensbong Macro/Modified Macro lens
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 3 months ago 

What a great shot you put out.

 3 months ago 

This is a truly extraordinary shoot

 3 months ago 

Your photography of The Broad-handed Carpenter Bee on Twig is pretty cool. The insect looks very beautiful. Thanks bro for sharing the post.

 3 months ago 

Your photography is really beautiful 😍

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