Metallic Green Sweat Bee
The last macro bee photo was well received, so I was determined to get more.  Today was sunny and warm, and though breezy, I was going out to find bugs.  

I came home from this field trip with 955 images on the memory card.  (deleted 20-30 others in the field.)  I always hope that from any outing I'll find one respectable image worth sharing...and hopefully several more than that.  This one makes the trip worthwhile, though there are a bunch of others for later.   

I did the research, and the title is this bee's actual common name.  It is one of 45 different species in the genus commonly called 'sweat bees&quot;.  

(Looks like it will be bugs and flowers for a while now, as I have some new ones possibly worth seeing.)

This shot may contradict some opinions about teleconverters.
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Nikon D7000.  Nikkor 105mm Micro + el cheapo Chinese 2X teleconverter.  1/1000th @ F/14.  ISO 800.  EV = - 2/3. WB = sun.  Aperture Priority.  Multi-point AF.  Photographed June 16, 2011
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