Photographer: Ed Finney, Sarasota, Fla.

Summer in the South NEXT | START OVER | PREVIOUS A very long bodied species of bee which I have not been able to identify, but which LOVES the Orange Cosmos, Cosmos sulphureus. Usually when it feeds it curves the end of its abdomen under. I was able to get this shot before it got curled up, and you can see a lot better just how long the abdomen is. Submit a picture. Copyright © 2004 Consolidated Publishing Co.