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Daron Brewood 🇬🇧

#ShotOniPhone #ukcountrypic #photography #NorthWales #Snowdonia #Gwynedd #DwyrydRiver

Back in time to August 2018.....

Portmeirion is a super fascinating place! It’s a picturesque village in North Wales, designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1973. His vision was to create a beautiful village that blended naturally with the landscape — a kind of utopian fantasy town — and it really feels like stepping into another world. It overlooks the Dwyryd Estuary in Gwynedd.

It mixes Italianate architecture with colorful, whimsical designs. Think Mediterranean village meets fairy tale.

It’s best known for being the filming location of the 1960s cult classic TV series “The Prisoner” starring Patrick McGoohan.

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This picture showcases a scenic landscape of an estuary, near Portmeirion in Gwynedd, Wales. The foreground is framed by lush green foliage and some brown leaves, adding depth to the composition. Beyond the foliage, you see a sloping hill covered in dense greenery leading down to a rocky shoreline. The estuary itself features expansive sandbanks with meandering water channels, indicative of a low tide. In the background, rolling green hills stretch under a dramatic sky filled with scattered clouds, casting varied shadows and light over the landscape. The overall scene is serene and picturesque, capturing the natural beauty of the area.
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mgerique

For me it is difficult to distinguish between Xylocopa violacea and Xylocopa valga. But in this photo, this Xylocopa bee shows the back of the thorax so yellowish that it looks like another variety (Xylocopa pubescentes, Xylocopa virginica?) It would be very strange because the photo was taken in Valencia at the end of April.
Is there an entomologist in the room?
iPhone 15 Pro main camera + homemade macro lens for close focusing.

En esta foto, esta abeja Xylocopa muestra el dorso del tórax tan amarillento que parece otra variedad (¿Xylocopa pubescentes, Xylocopa virginica?) Sería muy raro porque la foto la he tomado en Valencia a finales de Abril.

Auf diesem Foto zeigt diese Xylocopa-Biene die Rückseite des Thorax so gelblich, dass sie wie eine andere Art aussieht (Xylocopa pubescentes, Xylocopa virginica?) Es wäre sehr seltsam, weil das Foto Ende April in Valencia aufgenommen wurde.

#macro #macrophotography #shotoniphone
#insects #animals #nature
#xylocopa

A large bee of the genus Xylopa sucking nectar from a flower
A large bee of the genus Xylopa sucking nectar from a flower
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