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Artista: Grave Digger
Evento: Rock Hard Festival
Fotografo: Giacomo Astorri
Data: 19 settembre 2010
Venue: Estragon
Città: Bologna
This sandy edge, which was in full sunlight housed differend digger wasp species, such as Cerceris species, Mellinus arvensis and different spider wasps.
The bees hovering in front of the entrance tubes in the bank face are female solitary ground nesting “Digger Bees.” The species is Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana. The species name indicates that it is a bumble bee mimic! These bees need a source of fresh water nearby. Females suck up water, regurgitate it on the sandstone bank surface, then dig away at the soft mud. They use some of the mud to build entrance turrets, presumably to help them locate their nests within the aggregation of nests. Source: Robbin Thorp.
Digger has taken a tremendous dislike to the camera, despite the fact that I never use flash. I'm lucky if she'll sit still long enough for a single photo, which is why the focus ends up being a little bit off.
digger clearing out river beside hatchery. after the last big spate tons of small stones was washed down river which nearly blocked the access bridge
The first, and maybe the only, acceptable shot with the Kodak instamatic zoom lens held in front of the Lomo.