Newly emerged narcissusfly hoverfly

Lord Vetinari

Spotted what I thought was dead tawny miner bee on a grass stem but turned out to be a newly emerged narcissus fly hoverfly that was expanding it's wings. About 20 minutes between first and last shots.
All 5Dmk2/MPE-65/430Ex flash either focus stacked using zerene stacker or by hand.
Brian v.

kwickers

Incredible images. The color is unusual and vivid. The orange spiked hairs like a punk rock band.

Lord Vetinari

kwickers wrote: »

Incredible images. The color is unusual and vivid. The orange spiked hairs like a punk rock band.

Thanks Keith
Brian V.

basflt

im not go to buy a Canon
no
not
i wont

Lord Vetinari

basflt wrote: »

im not go to buy a Canon
no
not
i wont

Brian v.

Cuong

Spectacular. Why do the eyes have hair on them?

Cuong

DeVil

Nice, like the detail and colors

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments Cuong and DeVil.

Cuong - quite a few insects that go near pollen have hairy eyes - I suspect it is to make it easier to clean the pollen off but don't know.
Brian v.

jaharris1001

amazing series Brian, I am amazed at how quickly the wings develop !! it almost appears as though after 20 minutes its capable of flight,, excellent work here !!

Lord Vetinari

jaharris1001 wrote: »

amazing series Brian, I am amazed at how quickly the wings develop !! it almost appears as though after 20 minutes its capable of flight,, excellent work here !!

Thanks Jim
Brian V.

basflt

basflt wrote: »

im not go to buy a Canon
no
not
i wont

oops , correction

just did .............

i have it tomorrow ,
[ if the mailman dont crash in the act of racing to my place ]

Lord Vetinari

basflt wrote: »

oops , correction

just did .............

i have it tomorrow ,
[ if the mailman dont crash in the act of racing to my place ]

Know a few nikon shooters that have bought the lens and a canon body.
Brian v.