Lady with Unshaven Legs - _TNY_1003
One of the coolest parts of bug photography is revealing how things too small to be seen with the naked eye actually looks.
When I saw this one on a leaf in the Drevviken nature reserve I could see it was a tiny fly and that it was predominately black. Nothing more.
Getting in real close (this is at 3.3:1 magnification) and the fly deciding to not fly away meant that we now can see all this wonderful detail on a female long-legged fly in the Gymnopternus genus.
Here's a short video which shows the scale pretty well IMO: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51797006686/
I also find those green compound eyes *really* pretty.
Lady with Unshaven Legs - _TNY_1003
One of the coolest parts of bug photography is revealing how things too small to be seen with the naked eye actually looks.
When I saw this one on a leaf in the Drevviken nature reserve I could see it was a tiny fly and that it was predominately black. Nothing more.
Getting in real close (this is at 3.3:1 magnification) and the fly deciding to not fly away meant that we now can see all this wonderful detail on a female long-legged fly in the Gymnopternus genus.
Here's a short video which shows the scale pretty well IMO: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51797006686/
I also find those green compound eyes *really* pretty.