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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Unknown Flying Insect (Updated at 1900 CDT)
From: smithjeffery at mac.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 17:28:02 -0700
References: <205dba9c-e84d-7d90-4be1-502ab53486b8@lighttube.net> <ce8b207c-aa0a-ee03-d943-89c7db9c096e@lighttube.net>

That wasn't an easy ID with no antennae to go on. But the wing veins nailed 
it.

Good job Aram!

Jeffery

> On Jul 23, 2021, at 5:21 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> The insect in the photo has been identified. Aram Langhans, the resident 
> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher on the LUG identified it as a Syrphid Fly 
> (Palpada sp.) and sent a link with photo.  I will update my gallery.
> 
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syrphid_Fly_(Palpada_sp.)_(7558922774).jpg
>  
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syrphid_Fly_(Palpada_sp.)_(7558922774).jpg>
> 
> 
> On 7/23/21 1:31 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> I checked the Buddleia this morning, carrying my Fuji X-T2 and a 
>> Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135/3.5 lens plus an Olympus 40cm closeup 
>> converter lens. I got one image that pleased me, but, after examining 
>> 1000 online images, I have not identified the winged subject.  Perhaps 
>> someone will recognize it.
>> 
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210723-DSCF2442-Enhanced.JPG.html
>>  
>> 
>> My keeper percentage using manual focus is disappointing.
>> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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