Helpful Posts: A couple of images of a Bee-Fly, these little guys are a nightmare to photograph, they are only between 1 and 1.5 cm long and very rarely stay still, but to me anyway worth all the hassleC&C Welcome
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31st March 2015, 05:46 PM #1
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31st March 2015, 05:54 PM #2
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Very interesting specimen, thanks for sharing with us. Nicely captured.
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31st March 2015, 06:18 PM #3
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Very nicely done David, #1 is really good and conveys the reality of the insect very well
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31st March 2015, 06:36 PM #4
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You really get low down to take these shots. They are excellent. I love the first one on the flower.
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31st March 2015, 07:44 PM #5
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Yep! First one looks like a pinned stucked pompom...nice colour and creatively shot whilst #2 is the overview of the whole bug...love them both. Different.
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31st March 2015, 08:14 PM #6
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Excellent shots! Whenever I have seen these, I have never been able to get a photo. They are too quick!
John
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31st March 2015, 08:35 PM #7
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Well done; I'm still searching for my first one of the year. I keep checking primroses which are a favourite food for Bee Flies.
As a challenge, see if you can find one dusting its abdomen, to make the eggs roll easily into the nests of Andrena bees which are the host species for bee fly larvae. I have seen it happening once.
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31st March 2015, 08:38 PM #8
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Great shots David! I love the blurred wing movement in #1!
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31st March 2015, 10:42 PM #9
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Great captures...
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31st March 2015, 11:50 PM #10
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Love the wings on No 1 David but No 2 has got the edge on the 'dangerous' look
Cheers, Grahame
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1st April 2015, 01:05 AM #11
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Certainly is worth the hassles David. Very sharp images and I do like the movement of its wings in the first shot.
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1st April 2015, 01:18 AM #12
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both are very well done, but the first is truly exceptional. Great capture.
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1st April 2015, 05:27 AM #13
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Cheers everyone, thanks for all your kind comments, glad you liked them, much appreciated
David...
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1st April 2015, 06:53 PM #14
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Very nice images David. I couldn't notice the wings in #1 at first sight and the image looked kind of cute to me
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2nd April 2015, 07:34 AM #15
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me too.
Originally Posted by Barbara Ponder
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2nd April 2015, 08:53 AM #16
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Thank you Binnur, I think these guys look cute too
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2nd April 2015, 08:54 AM #17
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Cheers Kaye
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2nd April 2015, 08:59 AM #18
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great pictures David!
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2nd April 2015, 04:11 PM #19
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Cheers Dedric, glad you liked them bud
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2nd April 2015, 04:14 PM #20
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Such a unique creature that I've never seen before. As far as your shot of it, I think you nailed it! Thanks for sharing.
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