Agapostemon texanus

[MattFossen]

Decent shot (I think) of a bee, Agapostemon texanus.

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[Dennis]

Matt,
That is one beautiful bee !

[imkap]

Nice shot and a lovely bee, a hard working machine... thanks for sharing

[microplan]

A very nice, almost exemplary photo.
I believe it is the result of stacking.
If so, how many shots did you take?
And the second question: is this green hairstyle a natural color or did you use some kind of filter?

[MattFossen]

This is indeed a composite shot, made from four focus-stacked photos stitched together (one for each quadrant, each composed of a stack of around 60 photos). The green color is completely natural, and is a characteristic of many genera in the family (often called metallic sweat bees).