Wasp or Fly ?

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:02 am

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:20 am

Fly. The eyes don't wrap around the the head from top to bottom.
Nice captures.

Mike

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 12:58 pm

Thanks Mike

Ichthyophthirius · Post by **Ichthyophthirius** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:41 pm

Hi Jacek,

It's a fly.

It has a characteristic proboscis to lick up food: http://gwche.org/wp-content/uploads/201 ... scis-1.jpg

and it has the typical reduced antennae (Brachycera = short horns).

WalterD · Post by **WalterD** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:10 pm

I cannot anwer the question, however, this set is outstanding!
Looks like a combination of normal refelected light and fluorescence

Thanks for sharing

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Tue Apr 25, 2017 1:57 am

Thanks. It's autofluorescence. Two 3W 365 nm LEDs + UG5 excitation filters

GaryB · Post by **GaryB** » Tue Apr 25, 2017 6:22 am

These are amazing... I hate you!

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:36 am

Thanks

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:44 am

Beautiful images !

Marek