[Leica] IMG: Hover Fly on Tiny Yellow Flower

[Douglas Barry]

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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