Sonoran Desert Adrenids

Mating adrenids (Perdita sp.). Note the female's enlarged pollen sacs. Click image to enlarge.

The bees shown above are minute, as is the flower they are pollinating.

The pair looked like a large moving pepper grain on a tiny flower.

Because the picture was taken at mid-day, there was sufficient light to give a nicer depth of field than I would normally obtain using the macro lens under natural lighting conditions. I wasn’t aware that this was a pair of bees until I began processing the images later that evening.

Thanks to Eric Eaton for classification assistance!

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