Flies at last !

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NikonUser
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Flies at last !

Post by NikonUser »

Overwintering cluster flies (Pollenia spp.) have been active for quite a while, yesterday I saw my first 2009-emerged fly - Epalpus signifer, length 12mm.
This is a common early Spring species (Fam: Tachinidae) the maggots of which are parasitoids of Owlet Moth caterpillars (Fam: Noctuidae).

105mm MF @ f/8 on bellows, full frame height with slight cropping of width. 40 frames @ 0.1 mm, ZS PMax stack.
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NU.
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Post by lauriek »

Looks nice and sharp. Nicely controlled lighting..

Looks like he's smoking a pipe! :)

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Post by Planapo »

Looks great, NU! I think for purposes of documentation such a white background works best, and apart from that, it gives aesthetically very appealing images too, for my taste.

May I ask how you've mounted this fly that it looks so "suspended in mid-air" without any pin visible?

--Betty

P.S. Agree about the pipe! :)

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Post by NikonUser »

Thanks folks.
lauriek: just a single flash and foam coffee cup diffuser; somewhat uneven.

Betty: it took a while to find, see
HERE
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.

Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives

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Post by svalley »

NU, nice shot. Good job with stacking.
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