25 of the Best Close-Ups of Insect Eyes You Will See
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The USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program designs and develops large and small scale surveys for native bees. As part of that program they also develop identification tools and keys for native bee species.
One aspect of creating those tools is creating accurate and detailed pictures of native bees and the plants and insects they interact with. On Flickr, the USGS BIML has uploaded a staggering collection of over 2,600 high-resolution photographs that are in the public domain and can be freely downloaded and used as you please.
Be sure to check out the entire collection on Flickr, the photos are amazing.
1. Chrysidid Wasp
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
2. Tabanus atratus
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
3. Yellow Jacket Mimic Fly
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
4. Deer Fly
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
5. Deer Fly
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
6. Tabanus Fly
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
7. Centris haemorrhoidalis
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
8. Bombus auricomas
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
9. Halictus ligatus
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
10. Calliphora vicina
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
11. Meganomia sp
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
12. Euryglossidia
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
13. Coelioxys cayennensis
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
14. bee ceratina monster
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
15. Pachymelus bicolor
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
16. Osmia lignaria
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
17. Fly Golden Baby
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
18. Centris decolorata
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
19. Hoplitis fulgida
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
20. Svastra atripes
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
21. Centris decolorata
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
22. Melissodes coreopsis
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
23. Megachile gemula
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
24. Osmia pumila
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr
25. Megachile brevis
Photograph by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Website | Flickr