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The early morning sun drew me out into the garden for a few photos. Thanks to this lovely bee for stopping by and posing! I had no idea his beak was so large!

[Antonio Vigil]

what a macro!!! that bug (or whatever it is) is amazing!!!!!! neat colors!

[Al Perry]

Wow really great macro shot. Interesting critter!

[Danette Thompson]

@jsvigil @hollandcrew Thanks to both of you! They are a bright green (irridescent even) and hover then flit, hover and flit. They are very, very fast. They must have seasons because I haven't seen them in a while. They were not there this morning and all of a sudden, two appeared. Thank you for your nice comments.

[Mark]

Wonderful.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Amazing capture Danette! Actually that is its tongue. Only birds have beaks.

[Danette Thompson]

@swiper Thanks, Mark!

@skipt07 Thanks, Skip. It didn't seem right to call it a "beak" but I had no idea it was a tongue!!

[Caren]

Oh, wow! I didn't know they had a beak! awesome shot!

[Inty Malcolm]

Cool close up; he's an odd looking little fella.

[Danette Thompson]

@clmiller Skip tells me it's a tongue. Wow, huh?! Honestly, there was no way I would have seen that in real life.

@intymalcolm Thank you so much, Inty! He is a bit odd.

[Kathryn Marshall]

Lovely close up shot.

[Karen]

Wow, awesome capture, cant say I have every seen anything like this litle fellow with his huge tongue? and colours.

[Ian]

Really interesting capture. Great detail

[Danette Thompson]

@daisy Thank you, Kathryn, he was tough to catch!

@dreams He's so different. I just stare at the photo. He is so stubby and odd looking, not very streamlined!

@ianwm54 Thank you for your comments, Ian!!

[Simon]

Awesome capture

[Danette Thompson]

@simon0128 Thank you, Simon. :-)

[❀ Lynn]

Never seen a bee with its tongue hanging out like that before....must be hungry! Great capture. fav

[Danette Thompson]

@lynnb I know, really weird, huh? Thank you for the fav!!!!

[Sharon]

Wow - what an interesting colour. Great detail - wonderful capture!

[Danette Thompson]

@purdey Thanks, Sharon. The nice part of a photo is that you can see the details of these insects that fly so quickly.