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This beautiful creature was found in my compound walking backward slowly and then jumps invisibly fast about 6-7 metres.
None of the flies (or other insects) in my photos are frozen or dead. None have been manually 'posed'. All are photographed alive and well in their natural environment, unless they are being killed or eaten by another insect in the photo.
The sun came out this afternoon and through my mind went, bees, snowdrops, camera so out I went for we have many hundreds of snowdrops which the bees and other insects love. They were a-buzz with life but mostly the bees are far too fast for me to catch them, the other insects are a little slower.
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One more drone to the red fraction. When you can't manufacture enough armies, enslave the indeginious life forms to do your bidding!
I took advantage of the weather today and went for a walk with my camera. In a garden in the town centre, I was shooting some plants and flowers when I came across this little fella. I have no idea what it is - it's definitely not a bee or wasp or fly. But the mosquito-like long 'snout' is very pronounced. I took many pictures of it, and it didn't seem to care that I was there (my lens was only about 1ft away from it - if that) and just went about its business.
I love this shot, although its not got the best depth-of-field (the back of it is out of focus) but you can see how fast the wings are buzzing as they are such a blur (and this is at 1/1000th of a second!) as well as the clarity of the hairs on the front of the insect and its snout buried in the pollen'ey goodness of the flower there.
If anyone can ID this little guy that'd be great!
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A Psychoda sigma moth-fly found in the bay tree. Additional pictures below. Note distinctive dark stripe on wing. One antenna had lost its tip, the other had broken off - if you can imagine the fourth picture below terminating the second below, you'll get the idea.
With the butterfly bush finally blooming, I was prompted to break out my Nikon for the first time this year. Not a fantastic image (I think my lens is trying to retire) but it felt good to get out.