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Original
Edit 1 (bk noise reduced)
Edit 2 by Fir0002 - further reduction of bg noise
Reason
It is a high resolution and encyclopaedic depiction of the species.
Proposed caption
A male solitary bee of the Megachilidae family (Anthidium florentinum) collecting nectar from a Lantana camara flower. The long tongue and part of the head are sunk inside one of the florets. It is also known as a leafcutter bee, for it uses hair plucked from leaves to build the nest. Flies all summer and nests in holes in the ground, trees or walls. Males are noticeably larger than females.
Articles this image appears in
Bees, Megachilidae
Creator
Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Not promoted -- Chris Btalk 14:02, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]