Bombus pascuorum on Sunflower
Description
- Title:
- Bombus pascuorum on Sunflower
- Caption / Description:
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A Common Carder Bumblebee feeds on a sunflower in mid-September.
Bombus pascuorum, the Common Carder-bee, is a species of bumblebee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae tribus Bombini.
They are present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, road, field margins, as well as gardens and parks in urban areas and forests and forest edges.
Theese bees reach a body length of 9–15 millimetres (0.35–0.59 in)(worker). Their wingspan is 20 to 28 mm (worker). The thorax is yellowish or reddish-brown. The first 4 abdominal segments have grayish hair, while the fifth and sixth tergite hairs are yellowish or reddish brown. However the species is quite variable in color.
Description taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_pascuorum
- Tags / Keywords:
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- Biota
- Life
- Vitae
- Eukaryota
- Animalia
- Animals
- Arthropoda
- Arthropods
- Insecta
- Insects
- Yellow
- Hymenoptera
- Bees
- Ants
- Wasps
- Apidae
- Bombus
- Bombus pascuorum
- Bumblebees
- Common carder bumblebee
- Feeding
- Sunflower
Admin
- Date Original Photo Taken:
- Original File Name:
- _MG_4581.CR2
- Event:
- Rating:
- Date this image added/last updated on website:
- Original File Dimensions:
- 2848px x 4272px
- 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
Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Flash with home-made concave diffusers
Post Processing
- Image Modified:
- Software used:
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- Adobe Camera RAW
- Post Processing:
-0.35 exposure compensation in ACR
20 recovery in ACR