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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
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Happy Flyday
📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 Olympus M.Zuiko 60mm Macro
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Meike 10mm extension tube
â™» 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)
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Edit 13/08/2019:
See comments below. Rui says this is possibly Protocalliphora azurea which would be unusual/new to Ireland. Fascinating how you can take a picture then have the right person examine it and it takes on a whole new dimension. Thanks Rui!
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
so now that I have finally got in, and specially for for Friday flyday , I'm sending out a Snail-killing fly to sort it all out.
Happy Friday Flyday
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)
a glowing edged finger fly for Sliders Sunday!
Sometimes things just appear.
this fly gave me a post for Friday (FlyDay), Saturday (Smile on..) and Sunday (Sliders..) - The Fly that lasted all weekend!
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Suddenly Beside You
Been waiting to post this photo for y'all...Dave, Lisa, May, Lani, Graham, John..hope I didn't leave anyone out...
Calliphora vomitoria (Orange-bearded Bluebottle) female
& some gingerish music if you like:
Janet Devlin - Friday I'm In Love
Eristalis tenax *pertinax* - female on ragwort
(see Rui's comment below)
& some music if you like
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Head On
A fly on ragwort.
I love ragwort. Such a great plant for invertebrates late summer and early Autumn. It gets demonised and is the subject of so much disinformation on social media.
I like to let it be ...and occasionally I like to photograph it too
If anyone has time and is interested, there is a great site that collates the evidence and busts the myths and propaganda surrounding ragwort.
Spotted this one this morning - he looks like he's got his wooly jacket on ready for the return of the snow this weekend, let's hope he doesn't need it!!!! HFDF
The apple variety is Jupiter - a triploid variety - so doesnt produce pollen that can fertilize another variety but needs another (diploid) tree to provide pollen to produce Jupiter apples.
...So all take with no give.
Good tasting apple - hard, sharp and cox type taste.
Standing under the trees, I think it seems considerably less popular with my honey bees that the other varieties near it. Produces plenty of apples though so something must visit to sort out the pollination. Cant imagine this little fly is important to the process but who knows?
Adam and the Ants - Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios
Its late on FlyDay and I cant find any recent suitable pictures. Had to trawl through the discards for this one - best of the rejects. ...not quite sure what i will do for the rest of the winter.
happy FlyDay ...may be my last one for a while unless I work out a source of models.
and some music if you want
Lou Doillon - Questions And Answers
A dung fly on a yellow crocus petal with evidence of crocus pollen consumption. In the walled garden at Rowallane.
They are nature's great posers, always waiting for someone to come along to take their picture.
& a bit of music if you like:
The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
Stomoxys calcitrans - Stable fly on the patio table back in August.
I was just looking through some old pictures to find a fly for Flyday when I suddenly recognised that this one had the same distinctive mouthparts of one that Rui Andrade had identified for me very recently. I was so pleased with myself for recognising it that I just had to post it for Flyday.
It is FlyDay
in a pot on the patio
& some music if you want
Mazzy Star - 5 string serenade
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBgsMNqzq_0
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See comment from Rui. These little flies are Oscinella sp in the family Chloropidae.