Marmalade hoverfly egg-laying

Lord Vetinari

Found this marmalade hoverfly egg-laying on an aphid infested shoot. It carefully examines each part of the plant for the presence of aphids before landing and laying an egg near each colony.
Brian V.

jax

Great shots! Have you ever seen an image of a larva actually consuming an aphid? Looks very much like a scene from a horror movie

Lord Vetinari

jax wrote:

Great shots! Have you ever seen an image of a larva actually consuming an aphid? Looks very much like a scene from a horror movie

Thanks - yes see below

jax

haha, of course you had, I could have known !

rnickl

Nice series Brian. The in flight is very impressive.

I was trying too shoot this same thing last week but my little girl never came out into the open for a good shot. I finally gave up after an hour of watching and moved on

Rick

Lord Vetinari

rnickl wrote:

Nice series Brian. The in flight is very impressive.

I was trying too shoot this same thing last week but my little girl never came out into the open for a good shot. I finally gave up after an hour of watching and moved on

Rick

Thanks Rick - always interesting to watch though

Brian V.

IPClark

I've not been around for a while. Brian, every single time I look at your shots I'm simply amazed and very envious.

Absolutely fantastic images.

Lord Vetinari

IPClark wrote:

I've not been around for a while. Brian, every single time I look at your shots I'm simply amazed and very envious.

Absolutely fantastic images.

Thanks for the kind comments Ian
Brian V.