Nomada annulata, M, Side, OH, Washington County

This bee lays its eggs in the nests of Andrena macra. Well not this one because it is a male....but you get the point. MaLisa Springs collected this specimen in Southeastern Ohio. Photograph by Brooke Alexander. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200. USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.