Lasioglossum oblongum, F, Back, WI, Eau Claire County
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Detailed Description
A small bee, a small sweat bee, a small difficult to identify sweat bee, Lasioglossum oblongum, collected in Wisconsin and photographed by Brooke Alexander. Characteristically, with very few hairs on its abdomen. 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.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.