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When you think of an ecosystem, what comes to mind: a rainforest, a mountain range, maybe a desert?
Well, this tiny ecosystem is teeming with life and hosts one of the smallest bees in the world, as well as one of the fastest land animals relative to its size.
#insect #macrophotography #natgeo #macro #entomology #firebreak #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #insectphotography #bee #insects #bug #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #pollinator #conservationphotography #nikon #perditaminima #beesip #ashmeadiella #ceratina #dialictus
2 weeks ago
Relocating a colony of hundreds of Bombus sonorus bumblebees in the middle of the night with @itsanadamadventure and @thebeeamigos
Part 2 of 2
#insect #macrophotography #natgeo #macro #entomology #cygnustechdiffuser #nativebees #bees #pollinators
#insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #insectphotography #bee #insects #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram
#pollinators #conservationphotography #nikon #bumblebees #bombussonorus #sonoranbumblebees #hiverelocation #beesting #hive #colony #beesip
2 months ago
Relocating a colony of hundreds of Bombus sonorus bumble bees in the middle of the night with @thebeeamigos and @itsanadamadventure
Part 1 of 2
#insect #macrophotography #natgeo #macro #entomology #cygnustechdiffuser #nativebees #bees #pollinators
#insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #insectphotography #bee #insects #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram
#pollinators #conservationphotography #nikon #bumblebees #bombussonorus #sonoranbumblebees #hiverelocation #beesting #hive #colony #beesip
2 months ago
This front yard is home to thousands of native bees. Diadasia laticauda bees have transformed a firebreak into a massive nesting site.
#insect #macrophotography #natgeo #macro #entomology #firebreak #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #insectphotography #bee #insects #bug #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #pollinator #conservationphotography #nikon #diadasia #beesip #diadasialaticauda #diggerbees
3 months ago
BEEing tucked into a flower bed.
#timelapse #macrophotography #natgeo #entomology #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #bee #insects #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #conservationphotography #PBSSoCal #nikon #nikonusa #beesip #apricotmallows #mallows #diadasia
4 months ago
Calliopsis fracta bees hide their burrow entrances, but the cuckoo bee, Oreopasites vanduzeei, can still sniff them out and slip inside.
#cygnustechdiffuser #macrophotography #natgeo #entomology #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #bee #insects #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #conservationphotography #PBSSoCal #nikon #calliopsis #oreopasites #cuckoobees #kleptoparasites #cleptoparasites #parasites #nikonusa #beesip #WildlifePhotography
5 months ago
Meet the Megachile montivaga (Silver-tailed Petalcutter bee)! She wraps her babies in soft flower petals.
#cygnustechdiffuser #macrophotography #natgeo #entomology #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #bee #insects #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #conservationphotography #PBSSoCal #nikon #petalcutterbees #megachile #inaturalist #salvia #nikonusa #beesip #WildlifePhotography
6 months ago
Alongside a road in the desert, Ghost Flowers (Mohavea confertiflora) mimic the appearance of Sand Blazing Star Flowers (Mentzelia involucrata) with females in them, tricking male bees into trying to mate with them.
#cygnustechdiffuser #macrophotography #natgeo #entomology #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #bee #insects #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #conservationphotography #PBSSoCal #nikon #xeralictus #ghostflower #inaturalist #mentzelia #nikonusa #beesip #WildlifePhotography
6 months ago
Dianthidium (pebble bees) creating nests with snail shells belonging to Tryonia porrecta (Desert Tryonia) and Pyrgulopsis longinqua (Salton Sea Springsnail).
#cygnustechdiffuser #insect #macrophotography #natgeo #macro #entomology #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #insectphotography #bee #insects #bug #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #pollinator #conservationphotography #nikon #dianthidium #pebblebees #inaturalist #coloradodesert #saltonsea #beesip
7 months ago
While visiting Borrego Springs in Southern California's Colorado Desert, I filmed Lasioglossum (Dialictus) bees going about their day. This species of Dialictus is primitively eusocial, similar to eusocial bees like bumble bees, meaning they live in a colony with a queen/foundress and workers. However, these colonies are smaller than those, and visually, the workers and the foundress can look indistinguishable. Workers can help the foundress raise her brood, but may also focus on raising their own offspring.
Shout out to @j.dingdingding for filming me.
#cygnustechdiffuser #insect #macrophotography #natgeo #macro #entomology #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #insectphotography #bee #insects #bug #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #pollinator #conservationphotography #nikon #lasioglossum #dialictus #sweatbee #verbena #burrow #borregosprings #beesip
8 months ago