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I saw a 1cm-long black fly land on a leaf and thought "That won't male much of a photo". Then I remembered that you can discover all sorts of wonderful colours you can't see with the naked eye when you look through a macro lens. Wow, it's not "just" a black fly! I've no idea what species it is but I definitely didn't see all those colours through my own eyes. Cropped from 3:2 ratio to 4:3 maintaining the height of the original photo. Taken using the pop-up flash - a rare event for me - set to 1/32 power, with diffuser, on account of the thick overhead cloud.
STOP PRESS: I've just ID-d this as an Orange-bearded bluebottle; what a name!
I think possibly Coenosia tigrina?
It is FlyDay!
Rudi - Tigerland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJo8S21_kw0
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id confirmed by Rui - see comment below
Happy Flyday everyone, have a great weekend.
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Filthy Flies Fantastic Feeding Frenzy For Flyday Friday!
It's a dirty job, but somebody needs to do it :-)
It's Flyday! Yay! For those of you not familiar with Louie The Fly you can view his starring role here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqRY2-aCfAc
Happy Fly Day Friday
It's FlyDay!!
The plant is Corsican mint (Mentha requienii) in a pot on my patio. One of my favourite plants this year.
New Order - Everything's Gone Green
it is a a large syrphid fly with a distinctive pale band across the abdomen and large dark spots on the middle of the wing.
Fascinatingly the larvae of these flies grow inside the nests of the vespula wasps, both the common and german wasps. They feed on the dead wasps and larvae and other detritus in the nest. They can continue to feed and grow in the nest in the Autumn after the nest is abandoned by the wasps.
The adults live on nectar and maybe pollen - this one has pollen on it from the flowers it has visited.
FlyDay Friday
U2 - The Fly
...a pane of glass making me wonder about shadows and reflections.
With the mild weather there are still plenty of these pesky stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans) about.
It is FlyDay!
Joy Division - Shadowplay
...well it is FlyDay
Camera Obscura - I Don't Do Crowds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOYyhRVrsB0
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Rui says: the flies are: Sepsis sp. and Dilophus febrilis
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Happy Flyday Friday
Robber Fly
Manual Hand-held focus bracket (Not in camera)
17 images loaded into Adobe PS to be stacked
Very little done in post production.
1/100 F6.3 ISO250
Subject alive wild and free.
I grabbed the grass with one hand shot with the other as it was a little breezy. Laying on the ground like a sniper with OMD systems kit.
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Took this one from across the street and it did pretty good... Didn't know I had a hoverfly as well... Happy Flyday Friday, Everybody!!!
aka the marmalade fly
a male on a dandelion flower - there seemed to be a lot of these second-wind late summer flowering dandelions in this particular field this year
a common fly on a common flower
FlyDay Friday
The Corrs & Bono - Summer wine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj6nhpC5Qbo
Edit:
ID confirmed by RuiAndrade dougieritchie
200/365 -Around the house - Day 200
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These are nasty and their bite is very painful. This species of fly usually inhabit coastal and marshland areas. But a pond is not far from this spot and with all the rain the past month, the field is very wet and boggy in areas. July into August is breeding season.
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Tabanus nigrovittatus, also known as the greenhead horse fly, salt marsh greenhead, or simply the greenhead fly, greenhead or greenfly, is a species of biting horse-fly commonly found around coastal marshes of the Eastern United States. The biting females are a considerable pest to both humans and animals while they seek a source of blood protein to produce additional eggs. Females live for three to four weeks and lay 100 to 200 eggs per blood meal.
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This specimen is 1.5 in. (4cm) long.
stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) on the patio table
That table really needs repainted! Looks even worse in a macro.
We had lots of these flies last year but hardly any this year.
& some music if you like:
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
... so enjoy it when it does come round!
Happy Final Flyday of June!
This syrphid can also be found here: flic.kr/p/V1SsSB
FlyDay Friday!
The Frantic Elevators - Hunchback of Notre Dame
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxv1cwwfdr4
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Update: Rui says: Bicellaria sp. (Hybotidae)
Yay it's Flyday again! HFDF folks hope you all have a great day and weekend, whatever you have planned ;0)
Taken awhile ago, but only just getting to be uploaded.
I did see a lovely bee this morning, but sadly couldn't get a clear photo of it.
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Cluster fly - Pollenia sp, one of several that came out of the edge of the velux window when i opened it. That cavity around the window seems to be their favourite place to spend the winter.
FlyDay
Stiff Little Fingers - Cold
Looking almost as cool as a Ramone
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGgfHZ02I2k
Its FlyDay!
Rui says Anthomyiidae
A noon fly (Mesembrina meridiana) this evening hanging out on the front of my new shed - they seem to bask here every evening these days. Which is nice - I have always been fond of these guys. Amazingly each female lays less than 6 eggs, each into a different cow pat.
Its FlyDay!
The Jam - Tonight at Noon
Happy Flyday Friday ;0) I had to google this one but I think its Sicus ferrugineus. Or as I call it the ugly one! You can't see from this shot but I think the back end is tucked under itself.
The photo isn't picture perfect, but there's something I like about the light and even more so the shadow.
Happy Flyday everyone.
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because it is FlyDay
not sure what fly this is. i think a male Anthomyiidae ...but i am probably wrong.
& music if you like:
Amaral - Sin ti no soy nada
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcC92ZnhGQY
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Edit: male Anthomyiidae confirmed by Rui (see comments below) - he suggests Hylemya nigrimana as a possible ID
It’s FlyDay Friday, and here is a pretty scene from outback NSW, the fly is genus Phasia, Family Tachinidae. Hundreds of these small guys were feeding on these flowers, that were part of a huge hedge in our camping ground. Interestingly, the flies were only attracted to the side of the hedge that was in sunlight. The flowers there were more fragrant, or perhaps the flies just liked the warmth of the sun. I can relate to that. Thanks to tony_d on iNaturalist for the ID. ——————————————————— Single, outdoor shot, with an Olympus em5 mkii, Olympus 60mm macro lens, Raynox DCR-250 magnifier, F10, iso 200, shutter 1/250. Godox V350o flash, DIY Diffuser. RAW-LR6-Topaz Apps
FlyDay 19th September is International Talk Like a Pirate Day (a "parodic" holiday thought up in 1995)
there is a bit of discussion from today in HFG here:
www.flickr.com/groups/14870860@N20/discuss/72157721922354...
a muscid fly in the polytunnel.
This one had a rather attractive abdomen I thought (is that just me?!). Maybe a more bristly one would have been more pirate-like.
Adam & The Ants - Jolly Roger
Managed to catch this at around lunchtime today when I was searching for my photo for today, didn't have a lot of time so it was a quick grab and run. Have a great weekend everyone.
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Another shot from the garden last week, we have a couple of sedums in the garden which seemed to go mad this year and as such attracts all sorts of different bees and flies, the flowers have now finished but I thought the forming seed heads made for a more interesting image. Also it's flyday Friday!!
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