Mayfly Mayhem

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AlP
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Mayfly Mayhem

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A couple of mayflies found in the backyard. I just love their "texture", so medieval looking to me.
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This one is from June, kind of ragged looking and I noticed a "skin" nearby so it may have just molted. Sixteen image hand stack at 5x with Canon 1Dx and Canon MPE 65mm.
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This one is from yesterday, single shot at 5x before it flew off with Canon 1Dx and MPE 65mm.

MarkSturtevant
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Re: Mayfly Mayhem

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Very good! The insane eyes on the first one identifies it as a male. The big upward facing eyes are thought to be used to look for females.
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Re: Mayfly Mayhem

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MarkSturtevant wrote:
Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:48 pm
Very good! The insane eyes on the first one identifies it as a male. The big upward facing eyes are thought to be used to look for females.
They really are amazing. I recently came across an animation of how they work in motion
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Re: Mayfly Mayhem

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very well captured details! :)

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