Fairy fly turns

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited October 24, 2008 in Holy Macro
I used to call these small delicate flies fairy flies - around 4 to 5 mm body length until I found out they were small insectivorus muscids - Coenosia species. Busy demolishing a chironomid midge in the shot sequence

Brian V.


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  • obecanobeobecanobe Registered Users Posts: 278 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2008
    Excellent series Brian.
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  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2008
    obecanobe wrote:
    Excellent series Brian.
    First class Brian, you and Phil are absolutely brilliant at Macro.
    Regards
    Bob
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2008
    Thanks Geoff and Bob for the kind comments :)

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  • clemensphoto'sclemensphoto's Registered Users Posts: 647 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2008
    Excellet detail on the eyes!!
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  • MisterMcCruffMisterMcCruff Registered Users Posts: 87 Big grins
    edited October 20, 2008
    Love your work Brian.
    I was showing my brother in law your dewdrops on flickr last night and he was literally gobsmacked!

    Were these taken with an MPE-65?
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  • GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited October 20, 2008
    great shots Brian, what was it sitting on?
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  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2008
    GOLDENORFE wrote:
    great shots Brian, what was it sitting on?
    phil
    I loved each and everyone of those Brian.
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2008
    My favorite is the 2nd one. I must be a pretty gruesome gal--I really like images of bugs eating bugs.
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2008
    Thanks for the comments all.

    MMC - yes all taken with an MPE-65 - the fly is a pretty small one.

    Phil - first old shot sitting on a plastic sun chair, others the fly was on a rising strut on my aluminium greenhouse at about eye- level.

    T-Lee- I was fairly gobsmacked the first time I caught one of these tiny flies eating another fly- I'd always thought they were so delicate looking but it made sense when it was ID'd as a Muscid fly Coenosia species - think the whole family are insectivorus but most of them are a bit nigger than this one.

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  • ritewingerritewinger Registered Users Posts: 243 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2008
    As usual from you, a GREAT set, every one a beauty! I am inspired.
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2008
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    I used to call these small delicate flies fairy flies - around 4 to 5 mm body length until I found out they were small insectivorus muscids - Coenosia species. Busy demolishing a chironomid midge in the shot sequence

    Brian V.

    Ohhhhhhhh my ...... gosh they don't muck around when it comes time to kill and eat do they eek7.gif

    The first fly does look very dainty, the next fella sure is making short work of the fly it's caught.

    Excellent work as per usual from you Brian thumb.gif ... Skippy :D
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2008
    Skippy wrote:
    Ohhhhhhhh my ...... gosh they don't muck around when it comes time to kill and eat do they eek7.gif

    The first fly does look very dainty, the next fella sure is making short work of the fly it's caught.

    Excellent work as per usual from you Brian thumb.gif ... Skippy :D
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    Thanks for the comments Skippy- gave me a bit of a shock the first time I saw one of these fairly dainty flies tucking into another fly.
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