Studio stack: Another Temnostoma
Temnostoma bombylans ♀
14 mm
In my previous post I showed a Temnostoma vespiforme that had hatched from a piece of birch wood I had brought into my terrarium a few weeks ago. I later found another, smaller Temnostoma species dead in my terrarium. It turned out to be T. bombylans and this is a studio portrait of a female specimen. In many cases a portrait like this is enough to be able to determine the sex of a hoverfly – females generally have a wider separation between the eyes whereas in males the eyes tend to connect above the antennae.
Shot in the studio and stacked from 107 exposures of a dead/prepared specimen in Zerene Stacker.
Sony NEX-7, Nikon PB-6 bellows, Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 5X, morfanon tube lens.
Studio stack: Another Temnostoma
Temnostoma bombylans ♀
14 mm
In my previous post I showed a Temnostoma vespiforme that had hatched from a piece of birch wood I had brought into my terrarium a few weeks ago. I later found another, smaller Temnostoma species dead in my terrarium. It turned out to be T. bombylans and this is a studio portrait of a female specimen. In many cases a portrait like this is enough to be able to determine the sex of a hoverfly – females generally have a wider separation between the eyes whereas in males the eyes tend to connect above the antennae.
Shot in the studio and stacked from 107 exposures of a dead/prepared specimen in Zerene Stacker.
Sony NEX-7, Nikon PB-6 bellows, Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 5X, morfanon tube lens.