usgsbiml: What an interesting (and beautiful) species. Instead of flying during the day, this speci
usgsbiml: What an interesting (and beautiful) species. Instead of flying during the day, this species flies just before dawn and just after dusk, times where we have difficulty seeing. Megalopta genalis, however, does not and forages on crepuscular and night flowering flowers, a time more often associated with bats and moths and vampires (note to self…could vampires actually be a separate humanoid species?). Note the large eyes and ocelli. This specimen collected on Barro Colorado Island in Panama by researcher Adam Smith.All original pictures completely public domain and available at our Flickr site:https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/Photography Information: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOYFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usgsbiml/sam droege -- source link