Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
Description
- Title:
- Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
- Caption / Description:
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A common carder bumble bee feeds on a yellow sunflower while a common flower bug (Anthocoris nemorum) moves its hypodermic needle like proboscis towards the bee's face.
The common carder bumble bee (Bombus pascuorum) is a brown coloured bee, but lacking the white/yellow markings on its rear end seen in some other bumble bee species. B. pascuorum is a ground nesting bee, often nesting in old mouse runs or tangles of vegetation.
The common carder bumble bee gets its common name from the way they comb material together (carding) when capping the cells containing the larvae before they pupate.
The bee has a relatively long tongue, and can often be seen feeding from flowers with a long flower tube, such as clover and white dead-nettle.
- Tags / Keywords:
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- Biota
- Life
- Vitae
- Eukaryota
- Animalia
- Animals
- Arthropoda
- Arthropods
- Insecta
- Insects
- Hemiptera
- True bugs
- Yellow
- Hymenoptera
- Bees
- Apidae
- Bombus
- Bombus pascuorum
- Bumblebees
- Common carder bumblebee
- Sunflower
- Anthocoridae
- Minute pirate bugs
- Flower bugs
- Anthocoris
- Anthocoris nemorum
- Common flower bug
Admin
- Date Original Photo Taken:
- Original File Name:
- _MG_4844-5.psd
- Event:
- Rating:
- ☆☆
- Date this image added/last updated on website:
- Original File Dimensions:
- 4415px x 2796px
- File Type:
- JPEG
- Color Mode:
- RGB
- Original Image Color Profile:
- Adobe RGB (1998)
Location
- Location Created:
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- Sublocation:
- City:
- Market Harborough
- Province/State:
- Leicestershire
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- World Region:
- Europe
- Geo-location:
Rights
- Copyright Status:
- Copyrighted
- Licensing Status:
- Rights Managed
- Available for Editorial Use:
- Yes
- Available for Commercial Use:
- Yes
- Copyright Notice:
- © 2010 Dave Kennard
Camera Data
- Date Digital Resource was created:
- Shutter speed:
- 1⁄200 s
- Aperture:
- f/8
- Camera Model:
- Canon EOS 450D
- ISO:
- 100
- Exposure Compensation:
- 0
- Focal Length:
- 65mm
- Focal Length (35mm equiv.):
- Metering Mode:
- Multi-segment
- Flash:
- On, Fired
- Exposure Mode:
- Manual
- White Balance:
- Manual
- Light Source:
- Exposure Program:
- Manual
Additional shooting metadata
- Lens:
- Canon MP-E 65mm F2.8 1-5x Macro
- Filters used:
- Additional Optics used:
- Setup:
- Handheld, 2 shots
Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Flash with home-made concave diffusers
Post Processing
- Image Modified:
- Software used:
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- Adobe Camera RAW
- Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Post Processing:
-0.25 exposure compensation in ACR
20 recovery in ACR
Images blended for focus in PS CS5
LCE selectively applied in PS CS5
Curves adjustment to increase contrast in PS CS5