[Leica] IMG: Hover Fly on Tiny Yellow Flower

Jim Nichols jhnichols at lighttube.net
Mon May 25 08:10:04 PDT 2020


> 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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