[Leica] IMG: Hover Fly on Tiny Yellow Flower

[Jim Nichols]

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.
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> Douglas
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> 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.
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>>> 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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