Fly on lavender flowers

[MacroLuv]

Kinda long legged fly with delicate sense for odorous flowers.



Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Date/time original 24.06.2007 10:05:56
Shutter speed value 1/250 s
Aperture value f/8
ISO speed ratings ISO 200
Focal length 100 mm




Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Date/time original 24.06.2007 10:07:35
Shutter speed value 1/400 s
Aperture value f/8
ISO speed ratings ISO 200
Focal length 100 mm



Model Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Date/time original 24.06.2007 10:07:45
Shutter speed value 1/400 s
Aperture value f/8
ISO speed ratings ISO 200
Focal length 100 mm

[Ken Ramos]

Hey I have seen these before, sort of a bothersome kind of fly too at times. Really nice shots there Nikola. Making me long for nicer weather over here.

[beetleman]

Boy, he is a dark fly. I like the first picture (if ony the stalk was not there near the left wing, it would be perfect perfect)

[Tony T]

In case you are interested, it's a Bee Fly, Family: Bombyliidae. In N.A. they come with clear wings and black wings and mottled wings but all essentially have the same "look".

[acerola]

Hi Nicola. I photographed similar flies Hemipenthes morio (in the neighbor ) . But it's wing has bigger transparent part at the end. Maybe it is just another coloring maybe another species. It is bee fly in English, but in Hungarian it has a different name than the "classical" bee fly (funny fluffy hovering creature).

[JoanYoung]

Great images Nikola. I especially like #3.