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Back in the field we have been monitoring, not a great deal of invertebrates about at the moment, but several species of Hoverfly are on the wing including this Sphaerophoria species, though can't be sure which one.
This is a 12 shot focus stack processed in Zerene Stacker using both PMAX and DMAP methods.
Laowa 100mm f2.8 2:1 lifesize, ISO100, F8, 0.3 sec
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A bit later in the day for this upload, but I've been a big headachy this week and keep waking up feeling awful (nothing I haven't had before, so I know it's not Covid!) These headaches are frustrating, as nothing will properly shift them, so I'm still a little fragile but not keen to spend all day trying to sleep it off! Anyway, here's a hoverfly from last summer!!
An early morning shot taken at GB Gruffy Nature reserve, the plan had been to go looking for hoverflies covered in dew but it had been milder than the forecast had suggested so only a very slight dew in the end.
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A stroll around the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Reserve at Rowsley retail outlet. Cant find this Hoverfly in my book, can anyone id please.
Looks a little rough, Maybe they enjoy it that way. Ha ha.
Post Three of Three for Wednesday. Sorry to post so many . . .
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I was inspired by Ken Jensen's www.flickr.com/photos/86174217@N04/28276270806/in/datepos... latest post and interesting experiment, he combined a 1.4 converter with his macro lens.
I am using a Canon 100mm f2.8 with a Kenko x1.4 (the canon x1.4 doesn't fit)
f/4 1/500sec ISO 200 140mm approx 50% crop.
I wasn't in that tight on this shot.
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Fascinating to watch this Hoverfly laying her eggs on the leaves of Pansy flowers in our polytunnel. We planted them to attract pollinating insects in. Seems to have done the trick HFDF!
The sun is shining (for now) so I'm heading out to take some photos, I thought I'd go stir crazy with all the wind & rain. I'll catch up with comments later.
Same image of a hoverfly I posted a few weeks ago. When I had been looking around to see what else was about, I returned to find the hoverfly had started to wake up and clear the dew from its eyes, it is still too cold to be really active but it uses its front feet to wipe away the dew. It's only really when the full sun lands on the insect when it then becomes fully active and the dew evaporates.
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Taken in the early morning at Rodney Stoke NNR on the Mendips in Somerset.
The same hoverfly taken from a different position, I normally spend around half an hour or so photographing the same subject and during that time they do move about a little bit, so when I saw how it had positioned itself I just had to get a shot of it.
This is my last image for a little while as I am off to Hungary tomorrow to hopefully sample some of their wildlife.
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I love the sky-blue of Wild chicory! This Hoverfly was also interested in the flower, for its pollen, I assume. It seems the flowers open in the morning and wither during the afternoon, so insects usually need to visit Chicory in the morning to pollinate it. Well, I saw the flower with the hoverfly during the afternoon, so I must have been lucky!
It was at a junction of gravel roads and walking trails called "An der Ruhe" in the German Odenwald, after we had climbed the Itterberg.
Hoverfly on Canada thistle
Margined Calligrapher [Toxomerus marginatus]
Windlestrae Park
North Wales, PA
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Long hoverfly (Sphoaerophoria scripta) drinking nectar from hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) flower.
Kuliboda łąkowa (Sphaerophoria scripta) pijąca nektar z kwiatu stulisza lekarskiego (Sisymbrium officinale).
If anyone can tell me the name of this lovely silver-leaved plant I'd be very grateful! And the hoverfly might be syrphus ribesii, or not.
UC Davis Arboretum, Davis, Ca. April, 2022.