D'oh - help

Lord Vetinari

Lord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins

September 20, 2008 edited September 22, 2008 in Holy Macro

One of my rhodie bushes has amazingly sticky buds which invariably trap insects- these two flies were both still alive. I assume it's a built in protection against bud blast.

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Skippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins

September 20, 2008 edited September 20, 2008

Lord Vetinari wrote:

One of my rhodie bushes has amazingly sticky buds which invariably trap insects- these two flies were both still alive. I assume it's a built in protection against bud blast.

Brian V.

Then along came a Spider and ..........
The fly doing the head butt at least wont see the attack coming.
Neither one looks impressed about the whole situation at all

Ohhhhh well such is Nature ... great shot Brian ... Skippy
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teamracephotos Registered Users Posts: 492 Major grins

September 20, 2008 edited September 20, 2008

Talk about a bad day!
Brian fantastic image. I have never seen a anything like it. Does the plant get nutrients from the flies after the die? MM

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pug8 Registered Users Posts: 113 Major grins

September 20, 2008 edited September 20, 2008

That fly looks like he's screaming for help.

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Vanquiz Registered Users Posts: 199 Major grins

September 20, 2008 edited September 20, 2008

Your photos never stop to amaze me, Brian ... Thanks for sharing, really fantastic shot

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windwood Registered Users Posts: 35 Big grins

September 21, 2008 edited September 21, 2008

Ha! That's a great shot. I agree with pug8. That guy on the right looks like he's screamin' bloody murder.

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Lord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins

September 21, 2008 edited September 21, 2008

Thanks for the comments all- a black bug comedy shot

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canon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins

September 21, 2008 edited September 21, 2008

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks for the comments all- a black bug comedy shot

Brian V.

Great shot Brian. I can't see those flies going anywhere.
Regards
Bob

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September 21, 2008 edited September 21, 2008

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liewwk Registered Users Posts: 152 Major grins

September 21, 2008 edited September 21, 2008

what a great moment catch

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Paulcao Registered Users Posts: 202 Major grins

September 22, 2008 edited September 22, 2008

pug8 wrote:

That fly looks like he's screaming for help.

haha yeah. Great shot.

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Lord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins

September 22, 2008 edited September 22, 2008

Thanks for the comments all - much appreciated
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