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16SEP2020 – Photo of the Day
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All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
Stunning!
Thanks, I like that one too.
what kind of bee is that? I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a green bee. Great shot!
It’s one of the species of solitary bees. They don’t have big hives like honey bees or even the smaller hives of bumble bees. I’ll have to dig around to find the species. As for green, I’ll have to take your word for it. Green is not a color I can see. It looks sort of metallic yellow to me.
All his little hairs are definitely yellow, but underneath those it’s a solid metallic green to me. Although color is a strange thing.
What colors can you see… other than yellow? Since you mention green… I’d think you can’t see red, either. Those seem to go together for some reason.
Yes it’s red-green color blindness. My maternal grandfather had it and passed it on to his many grandsons. But there is a range to this sort of thing. For me red is visible but much reduced in brightness. So for instance, I cannot always tell if the red light on a stop light is lit or not during the day. But the green light is often indistinguishable from a white light to me. And depending on the filter glass they use on it, it may have a tinge of yellow or blue to my sight. I attribute that to the… Read more »