Andrena cuneilabris Viereck 1926

This is a west coast Andrena....found, in this case, in Redwoods National Park right along the coast. I hope to get some more shots of the back and sides which have lovely patches of green hairs, an unusual color for bees in North America. Photo by Colby Francoeur. Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200, link to a .pdf of our set up is located in our profile

The male of the previous shot, note the metallic blue overtones to the integument (skin) of this bee....an uncommon characteristic in the genus Andrena. Also note the stacking artifact where the antennae arches across the top of the head. This can be corrected for in the stacking process, but, frankly, we don't have the time and few people notice such things. If anyone is interested we have all the original stacks of our pictures...if you send a hard drive we will fill it up and send it back to you and you can run them however you like. This is a west coast Andrena....found, in this case, in Redwoods National Park right along the coast. Photo by Colby Francoeur. Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200, link to a .pdf of our set up is located in our profile

Description: This is a west coast Andrena..found, in this case, in Redwoods National Park right along the coast. I hope to get some more shots of the back and sides which have lovely patches of green hairs, an unusual color for bees in North America. Photo by Colby Francoeur. Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200, link to a.pdf of our set up is located in our profile. Date: 4 January 2014, 22:26. Source: Andrena cuneilabris,F,Face, Humboldt Co,CA_2013-12-12-15.22.29 ZS PMax. Author: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA.