https://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/7511d23a-d917-459c-89b3-3c19fe2d5eff/Philippe_Rouquet_20090913_7684_uxga.jpghttps://www.numinoos.com/-/galleries/all-images/-/medias/7511d23a-d917-459c-89b3-3c19fe2d5eff/pricehttps://www.numinoos.com/-/galleries/all-images/-/medias/7511d23a-d917-459c-89b3-3c19fe2d5eff/price

Foraging carpenter bee

Violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) foraging up the stem of a penstemon for nectar. The stretched blue-violet wings stand out distinctively in the zig-zag pattern formed by the bee, the stem and the flowers. Frame captured in Bagno Vignoni, Tuscany.

Val d'Orcia, San Quirico d’Orcia, Province of Siena, Italy

Digital image ID: Philippe_Rouquet_20090914_2821

Created: September 14, 2009

Author: Philippe Rouquet

File state: Final

Digital image size: 8.2 Mpixels (23.4 MB uncompressed) - 2333x3500 pixels (7.7x11.6 in / 19.8x29.6 cm at 300 ppi)

Digital image keywords: Apidae, Apocrita, Apoidea, Behavior, carpenter bees, feeding, foraging, Hymenoptera, insects, Invertebrates, modern- wing-folding insects, winged insects

https://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/64eedcc3-de26-477e-b662-83c1b02c7fc4/Philippe_Rouquet_20090914_2821_uxga.jpghttps://www.numinoos.com/-/galleries/all-images/-/medias/64eedcc3-de26-477e-b662-83c1b02c7fc4/pricehttps://www.numinoos.com/-/galleries/all-images/-/medias/64eedcc3-de26-477e-b662-83c1b02c7fc4/price

https://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/3b2b10e3-1f95-45b3-9f9f-3d36359a986d/Philippe_Rouquet_20120512_2680_uxga.jpghttps://www.numinoos.com/-/galleries/all-images/-/medias/3b2b10e3-1f95-45b3-9f9f-3d36359a986d/pricehttps://www.numinoos.com/-/galleries/all-images/-/medias/3b2b10e3-1f95-45b3-9f9f-3d36359a986d/price