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a cluster fly (Pollenia sp)
the larvae of these parasitise earthworms.
FlyDay Friday
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - All That Glitters
It is FlyDay!
Love to see these guys basking in whatever sunshine they can find.
The Moondogs - Bring On The Sunshine
feeding on Clematis heracleifolia .
Taken at 18:40 today, Friday; with a wind gusting here in the valley at 35mph, and a very very low cloud layer.
If ever a fly deserved to make it into today's Friday Flyday it is this one.
So, I'm going remove one I posted earlier to make some space for this one.
I'd just gone out to put some rubbish in the bin.
Fence, S. Yorks, UK
my first try on reversing lens trick...gotta have some more practice, its damn hard!!!
TGIF! catch on your streams later guys! take care!!! much love!mwah!
Marsh flies are common along the edges of ponds and rivers, and in marshy areas. The adults drink dew and nectar. The larvae prey on or become parasites of gastropods (slugs and snails). The occasional sciomyzid attacks snail eggs or fingernail clams.
HFDF!
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Your comments and Favs are appreciated more than you know
Field test with the CJ Diffuser for the popup on the Oly EM10 mkiii
This suits the 30mm and the 60mm
Single image. I like the Bonus beetles.
📷 Olympus EM10 Mkiii
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 60mm Macro
⚡ Popup (built in)
Meike 16mm extension tube
♻ CJ Diffuser (Now available message for details)
a fly washing her hands on an ivy leaf
Camera Obscura - Keep it clean
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxDFeQECd8A
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Edit
Rui says a female Calliphora vicina
This Bee Mimic Robber fly (Laphria flavicollis) was very tolerant and happy to strike a pose. A gorgeous fly and very happy to eat many insects we may find to be a nuisance.
on the willow catkins
Spring springing and being suitably yellow
Good FlyDay!
Altered Images - See Those Eyes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSf1v3YWudo
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Eristalis tenax female confirmed by Rui
From the archives. I hope we'll see things starting to appear soon ! Have a tip top weekend flickr friends !
Hope everyone has a very Happy Good Flyday Friday! HGFDF!
A few more images and things here if anyone is interested;
Not really sure if this is actually a flesh fly (Sarcophagidae) - Flies are so hard to work out especially when I use a googleSnap approach matching pictures rather than working through a proper key like I would try to do for a plant.
Anyway I thought it looked worth posting.
on the outside of my greenhouse - so v weathered cedar background
Long week & late back home. I will catch up with contacts pictures tomorrow i hope.
& some music if you like:
Blondie - In The Flesh
www.youtube.com/watch?v=17OYy1LGfx4
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update - See Rui's comment below - this is genus Polietes (Muscidae) so not a flesh fly.
A hover fly enjoying the merry white flowers of a Wedding Bush (Ricinocarpos pinifolius). Happy Fly Day Friday everyone. Have a lovely weekend!
another FlyDay!
Time is accelerating.
A patio pot picture.
& music if you like:
Altered Images - Another Lost Look
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Happy Flyday
📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 60mm Macro
⚡ Godox TT350
Meike 10mm extension tube
♻ CJ Diffuser.
Have a nice day
I think this is a cluster fly- Pollenia sp - It appeared in the bedroom and probably came from the seal of the velux window where they gather and spend the winter.
Not sure if it is a he or a she.
Lou Reed - Walk On the Wild Side
on flyday
Dung flies on dung with some sun
After copulation the male holds and guards the female for some time to prevent her from mating with any other males.
And here is the FF 5:1 fly cropped 1.6 FOV (5DII view to 20D view).
This is one reason I picked the 5DII as an upgrade from the 20D. It's 21MP can be cropped to the same Field of View of the 20D and will yield the same 8MP image it produced (which honestly ... is plenty big).
I'm still looking for that special 21MP shot so i can print at 20x30 and see the difference between this 8MP shot that I enlarged to 20x30. The mantis shot turned out nice in print ...
Anyway, if you shoot macro with the MP-E ... you can only back up so far to get more of the bug in the shot (exactly four inches) and the 5DII gives you the MP to crop closer if desired.
I think I've got the ID correct, but my record is not that good lol so please correct me if I've mucked up again!!! Whichever of the lovely hoverflies it is, it sure was good to see it in the garden on a February day. Have a great Flyday! HFDF ;0)
We have been having a very mild winter so far this year.
It is Flyday Friday
Male Scathophaga stercoraria on cow dung
Comment from Rui: This is another species of Scathophaga. S. stercoraria has black antennae. The dead midge is a female Chironomidae.
Its raining and cold here. Parts of Texas are getting snow or sleet and it will likely freeze here tonight.
I shot this robberfly in Louisiana at 3:44am in August. It was so foggy and dark, I couldn't see 20 feet in front of me. My pants and shoes were soaked from the dew on the grass.
I think this is Calliphora vomitoria - the orange-bearded blue bottle.
it is Flyday!!
Cocteau Twins - Bluebeard
I thought that this was a colour form of Volucella bombylans but it seemed too slim and all 4 of these pictures have antennae in sharp focus and it is clear that they are not plumose (& I see from the Ball and Morris book that they are plumose for Volucella bombylans)
My match the picture approach to hover fly ID often seems to end in failure. I certainly cant seem to see a good match for this one.
Keen to learn more if anyone has any ideas.
Happy FlyDay Friday
The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phr7vxxgj7I
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Update: Cheilosia illustrata (ID by Graham Watkeys on the UK hoverflies facebook page)
(it was on hogweed or some other tallish umbellifer)
update 30/08/2020 wandered there today and I think the plant is ground elder
& further update 20/03/21 - Bernhard jacob agrees with Graham Watkeys that this is Cheilosia illustrata
A tiny fly I found awhile ago and haven't uploaded.
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)
...chasing flies with a camera. A few flies about in a bit of warmth last monday but hard to get close to them - this was the best I could do.
anyway its one for FlyDay Friday
The Fireworks - Runaround
because it is FlyDay
tucking in to the products of the nectaries of a cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis)