Of Eastern Tailed Blue's, Little Bees, and Tiny Flies

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:06 pm

Since acquiring my 30D, I have had little chance to use and enjoy it, so today attaching my 100mm macro to the new toy, I crawled about the lawn, slightly raising an eyebrow or two from my inquisitive neighbors, as I clicked away at most anything that caught my eye.

Hairstreak
EOS 30D
1/200 sec. @ f/10 ISO 400
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro
Daylight
No bigger than your thumbnail, this little Hairstreak provided quite a few minutes of chasing around from flower to flower. Finally it tired, as I was about too and came to rest long enough for a shot.

EOS 30D
1/200 sec. @ f/10 ISO 400
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro
Daylight, in shade
Not really sure as to what kind of little bee this is. Around here they would be usually called a "sweat bee" and they smart quite a bit when they sting you.

Syrphid Fly
EOS 30D
1/200 sec. @ f/10 ISO 400
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro
Daylight
Of course these little flies are always good for a shot or maybe two. I only captured this ones backside before it took off.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:26 pm

Great job on these photos Ken. Beautiful flowers and insects. Nothing blooming here yet...just a few crocuses close to the warm house

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:46 am

Take heart Doug, soon the climate around NH will be like that of Virginia or so I have been reading in regards to "global warming." Soon the trees will be budding and blooming in early March and the wildflowers will popping up all over.

Thanks Doug

Tony T · Post by **Tony T** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:30 pm

Ken:
Just browsing "Syrphids" and came across this post. Your Hairstreak is actually a female Eastern Tailed Blue (Everes comyntas), the tails are sugggestive of a hairstreak but the blues are in a different subfamily. Nice photo.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:02 pm

Thanks Tony, boy are you digging deep

However I learn something new every day, thanks to you guys.

Tony T · Post by **Tony T** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:43 pm

Maybe edit the title.
This site is new to me so I'm still looking around although I am beginning to realise that actual identification of bugs is of pretty low priority. Not much incentive to go outside- about 2 ' of snow on the ground with more forecast tomorrow; and I'm too old to take up winter sports -unless driving down to Florida can be considered a winter sport for us Canadians. So I'm left with browsing as a break from my work.

JoanYoung · Post by **JoanYoung** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:20 pm

This may be an old one Ken, but I have not seen it before. Excellent shots as usual. Is it my imagination or are the yellows a bit blown? I do not have your experienced eyes!! I am sure you are wishing you could be crawling around the grass now instead of the frost and cold you are experiencing.

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:19 pm

Ken, wonderful series. If the neighbors are not raising their eyebrows at our efforts, then we are settling for just the easy stuff that doesn't make us think or work.

Irwin

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:44 am

Thanks Irwin, Joan, & Tony

Yes the yellow of the flower seems a slight bit blown but then again I am thinking that the shallow DOF may have something to do with most of that, making it appear a bit more blown than what it actually is. As for my neighbors, they moved...yippie!

But I still have others.