A little dot ....

[rudi]

I spotted a little dot in the greenhouse 'hanging' around. At first I thought it was a little spider, but it moved slowly up or down, left or right for a few seconds, changed position eratically, again up/down, left/right and suddenly it disappeared. So I got intrigued...
1:I am talking about the little dot near the frame centre, probably a small fruitfly. Don't be distracted by the couple at the left....


The same scenario went on day after day, Iff I could spot it in the first place!! Couldn't find it at rest in the beginning so a few more in flight shots..

2: a back shot:


3: focus isn't really where it I wanted...but I can live with it:


I tried to follow it 'hovering' down, hoping the little beastie would settle. Usually it disappeared suddenly, but finally after many attempts, a shot at rest..
4: A full frame shot, at 1x magnification. The body length is about 2,5 mm.


I often tried to make a sequence off shots before it disappeared.
5: A merge off 4 exposures into one frame:


End off story. Would like to have more pictures at rest, but haven't seen any in the previous week.
Some might wonder iff I am a little bit crazy

As always C&C welcomed.

[Shadowman]

Nice eye and capture.

[rudi]

Thanks John for your nice comment.

[rudi]

The scientific nam for this fly is Asteia amoena (Asteiidae family ).

[JBW]

well done

[rudi]

Thanks Brian, with time and patience.

[Dave Humphries]

Congrats on your persistence and the eventual rewards.

[James G]

Brian, you are crazy! Catching insects in flight definately means you have qualified as mad.... but when it's successful you become a mad genius!

These are just about the hardest captures to get and when you do there is nothing to beat the feeling you get, particularly when they are that small...

On a side note, congratulations on challenging the limits of your lens.

From the description of the flight 'pattern' they behave like Hoverflies but I'm not good enough to be able to identify specifically.

The eye in #4 looks very interesting, seems to be multi-coloured!

[JBW]

Question: in the first shot there is a brown something with legs draped over a flower. Any idea what it is?

[rudi]

Congrats on your persistence and the eventual rewards.

Thanks Dave. It is nice when it turns out good, but it seems I am getting picky as I processed no pictures from the first 'foto-shoots' beginning june, or I got more Luck afterwards, or perhaps I am getting better (nah!!!)

[rudi]

Brian, you are crazy! Catching insects in flight definately means you have qualified as mad.... but when it's successful you become a mad genius!

These are just about the hardest captures to get and when you do there is nothing to beat the feeling you get, particularly when they are that small...

On a side note, congratulations on challenging the limits of your lens.

From the description of the flight 'pattern' they behave like Hoverflies but I'm not good enough to be able to identify specifically.

The eye in #4 looks very interesting, seems to be multi-coloured!

Thanks for the crazy-confirmation part...and the nice comments off course. I did enjoy I must say !!

This little fly is ID'ed as Asteia amoena (Asteiidae family ), so not a fruitly.

[Stagecoach]

Good set Rudi, having fun is what it's all about

[rudi]

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The eye in #4 looks very interesting, seems to be multi-coloured!

The eye is multicolored. I will try to take some close-ups next time.
For now, I must settle with a heavy crop out off nr 4:

[rudi]

Question: in the first shot there is a brown something with legs draped over a flower. Any idea what it is?

Iff you are referring to the distracting pair on the left, than that is a mating pair off shieldbugs.

[rudi]

Good set Rudi, having fun is what it's all about

Thanks Grahame, it gives me some good time-out, nothing to worry about, just me and the bugs...

[John 2]

Persistence pays off Rudi. Nice set of captures. I particularly like the formation flying effect of no. 5.

[James G]

Rudi beat me to it....

Question: in the first shot there is a brown something with legs draped over a flower. Any idea what it is?

Just taken a closer look and it is two insects doing interesting procreative things!

From the look of them they are Shieldbugs.... https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...9o0&ajaxhist=0

[Wavelength]

That is an excellent study..you must be congratulated for your pinpointing effort!!!! The third image is marvelous

[rudi]

Thanks John and Nandakumar for your kind comments.

[IzzieK]

I missed this thread...where was I? Congrats on your patience.You did very well indeed...