Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/05/25

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Hover Fly on Tiny Yellow Flower
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 10:10:04 -0500
 
> Any time I'm out with a macro lens, I keep an eye out for small 
> insects.? While trying my Olympus 50/2.0 Macro on the Oly E-M1 body 
> for the first time, I spotted this guy.? I have often confused these 
> with sweat bees, but, with a single pair of wings and no stinger, it 
> has been pointed out to me by my insect and butterfly guru, Dean 
> Hansen, that it is actually a fly.? It is more colorful than most 
> sweat bees.
>
> I searched for the identity of the flower, but there are just too many 
> of this sort for me to come up with a proper identity.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200524-P5241652.JPG.html

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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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