Eye patterns

salden · Post by **salden** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:13 am

Not the best image. I was not expecting this guy to show up at my photo shoot. I had to sharpen a bit more than I would like, but I remember a discussion about the different eye patterns of insects and thought this guy/gal had a very interesting eye pattern.

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:28 am

These are interesting patterns! And you can see th elittle knobby thing of flies very well also.

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:19 am

Interesting patterns. "Knobby thing"! Does Mike mean Halteres?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halteres

DaveW

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:19 pm

Mike said:

And you can see th elittle knobby thing of flies very well also.

Eye patterns are kind of interesting Sue. Maybe something like our iris, no one else has the same pattern, there are always subtile differences.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:58 pm

That is an incredible pattern on those eyes Sue. I have never seen anything like that

I bet a frontal view would be awesome.

puzzledpaul · Post by **puzzledpaul** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:30 am

Fully concur with Doug's comments ... as patterns go, they're pretty spectacular ... a full frontal frame filler would be really something

... altho' to get reqd dof you'd have to join the 'stackers' ... and the patterns'd no doubt change during the procedure...

pp

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:06 am

This really is a fascinating fly. I've never seen one like this. Such a beautifully symmetric pattern.

The pattern looks like pigments, BTW, not optical colors, judging from the lack of sheen. I bet this critter would stack just fine. 'Course you'd have to find a dead one, or maybe Charlie's CO2 trick would work...

--Rik