UPDATE: The first five images are currently on exhibit through August at Weedon Island Preserve in St. Petersburg, along with Florida nature images by Chad Anderson, Vanessa Hilliard, Blake Shadle, and Judd Patterson.
Here is a link to the address, phone and a map of Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center: http://www.weedonislandcenter.org/
The eight prints are were on exhibit through May 30th, 2008 at Brooker Creek Preserve Education & Conference Center, along with Florida nature images by Chad Anderson, Vanessa Hilliard, and Blake Shadle.
Here is a link to the address, phone and a map of Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center: http://www.weedonislandcenter.org/
The eight prints are were on exhibit through May 30th, 2008 at Brooker Creek Preserve Education & Conference Center, along with Florida nature images by Chad Anderson, Vanessa Hilliard, and Blake Shadle.
Long-Horned Bee, Hanging Around
Male Long-horned Bee on stalk of dwarf Fakahatchee Grass (Tripsacum floridanum)
Caption by Mark Deyrup:
Long-Horned Bees (members of the tribe Eucerini) are largish, furry bees whose males sport long antennae. There are several Florida genera, and species occur in various colors from black to tawny. The word “eucerine” can be translated as “handsome antennae,” which this fellow is displaying in all their glory. Like most species of bees, these are solitary—in that they do not live in hives with a queen, like Honey or Bumble Bees. At one site in central Florida there are 114 species of bees, of which 107 are solitary. Some solitary bees live in aggregations, but nests are usually kept separate.
Male Long-horned Bee on stalk of dwarf Fakahatchee Grass (Tripsacum floridanum)
Caption by Mark Deyrup:
Long-Horned Bees (members of the tribe Eucerini) are largish, furry bees whose males sport long antennae. There are several Florida genera, and species occur in various colors from black to tawny. The word “eucerine” can be translated as “handsome antennae,” which this fellow is displaying in all their glory. Like most species of bees, these are solitary—in that they do not live in hives with a queen, like Honey or Bumble Bees. At one site in central Florida there are 114 species of bees, of which 107 are solitary. Some solitary bees live in aggregations, but nests are usually kept separate.
Long-Horned Bee, Hanging Around
Male Long-horned Bee on stalk of dwarf Fakahatchee Grass (Tripsacum floridanum)
Caption by Mark Deyrup:
Long-Horned Bees (members of the tribe Eucerini) are largish, furry bees whose males sport long antennae. There are several Florida genera, and species occur in various colors from black to tawny. The word “eucerine” can be translated as “handsome antennae,” which this fellow is displaying in all their glory. Like most species of bees, these are solitary—in that they do not live in hives with a queen, like Honey or Bumble Bees. At one site in central Florida there are 114 species of bees, of which 107 are solitary. Some solitary bees live in aggregations, but nests are usually kept separate.
Male Long-horned Bee on stalk of dwarf Fakahatchee Grass (Tripsacum floridanum)
Caption by Mark Deyrup:
Long-Horned Bees (members of the tribe Eucerini) are largish, furry bees whose males sport long antennae. There are several Florida genera, and species occur in various colors from black to tawny. The word “eucerine” can be translated as “handsome antennae,” which this fellow is displaying in all their glory. Like most species of bees, these are solitary—in that they do not live in hives with a queen, like Honey or Bumble Bees. At one site in central Florida there are 114 species of bees, of which 107 are solitary. Some solitary bees live in aggregations, but nests are usually kept separate.
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