Green Metallic Fly
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Green Metallic Fly
Single eyes between the compound eyes.
Shoulder, neck and compound eye.
Green Metallic Fly
Leitz Ortholux in EPI mode
3.8X Orthopac objective
10X Periplan GF projection eyepiece plus 1/3X relay lens
31 combined images @ .001 inch increments, upper image
35 combined images @ .001 inch increments, lower image
Fiber optic illumination
Canon 10D
Photoshop, Maxim
Some new images to share of a small metallic green fly captured many years ago and finally imaged with proper illumination and stacking. Unfortunately it was stored with a moth that shed its scales on it as seen on the compound eye. I don’t know what the extra eyes are called. Maybe someone knows from our forum.
Walt
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Hello MacroLuv,
I am not an entomologist but I believe the orange objects in the upper image are eyes, ocelli or other sensory organs. They are located on the forehead between the fly’s compound eyes.
The “skin” of this fly is covered in tiny spherical cups and mounds making it look as you say like a compound eye itself.
Walt
I am not an entomologist but I believe the orange objects in the upper image are eyes, ocelli or other sensory organs. They are located on the forehead between the fly’s compound eyes.
The “skin” of this fly is covered in tiny spherical cups and mounds making it look as you say like a compound eye itself.
Walt
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