Believe it or not
This fellow is slightly over an inch long. Click here to see it.
Yup, I hadn't seen one of these bees in a while.
Yup, I hadn't seen one of these bees in a while.
posted by DCveR at 10:47 AM
Sunday, July 30, 2006
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That sucker's wild-looking. I've never seen coloration like that before. I've been fighting a desperate battle with hornets on my property, so this pic kind of makes me cringe.
when you said fellow - that was highly highly misleading! :) and your post title was "believe it or not" and i thought of Ripley's believe it or not" show, so i desperately tried to find "waldo" (the 1 inch fellow) in the picture but to no avail.... ya got me! :)
chill daddy: The color is very dark brown and black, and it is a honey bee.
I have hardly any effect from wasp stings or bee stings EXCEPT for these big ones. That was the reason I didn't try for a nearer macro shot nor a second try.
nyasha: Hehehehe. These are quite common by my mother's family area, but here they are kind of rare, or at least I very seldom spot one. Some of these bees are 4 cm long and their body is as thick as my little finger.
Tall Glass: These big ones are not to be trusted, when you first approach them they fly away, if you insist they attack, hence it is a one shot opportunity or you risk a stinger.
D,
I lived in Cyprus for a couple of years in the 1970's and loved it except for the huge insects. Not all huge I know but I'm unnerved by bugs larger than my head. Call me old fashioned, call me a north european, but I have to draw the line somewhere. The hornets in Cyprus even had their own t-shirts, the legend printed in red a black stated (rather too baldly for my taste) 'Move your fat arse.' And sadly on more than one ocassion I did just that. Oh yeah, and they were all called Rico. Not sure what that was about.
dan: We must have some respect for those bugs though, after all when mankind wipes off mankind out of this planet they will rule it.
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