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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 12:55:29 -0500
References: <973b8fcb-064d-5962-d7c2-ae60089324e8@lighttube.net> <0bf75eca-e6c1-5449-c9c0-536bddf623dc@iol.ie>

Thanks, Douglas.? Yes, I found there were all sorts of 5-petaled yellow 
flowers.? Buttercup it is.

On 5/25/20 12:52 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> Nice capture Jim. The flower is a form of buttercup, but what form I'm 
> not sure.
>
> Douglas
>
>
>
> On 25/05/2020 16:10, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> 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
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Hover Fly on Tiny Yellow Flower)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] IMG: Hover Fly on Tiny Yellow Flower)