18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Hummingbird & the Fig Wasp
One morning this Hummingbird perched next to me and I noticed something on it's beak. It flew away and came back a few times and the small blob remained. I thought it was dirt. When I imported the photos I had taken, I was amazed to see a fig wasp, very much alive, had hitched a ride on the hummingbird. In this shot, they are making eye contact.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 08.2020 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2020 |
| Photo Location: | Los Angeles, California, United States of America |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 5DS R |
| Copyright: | © Eric J. Smith |