5 visitors to the garden

Paul Iddon

An assortment of flying insects today in the garden - a marmalade hover, a dung fly, a muscid fly, a drone fly, and a bee with (I think) mites on it's body.

Exif in all bar one which was shot at f/10:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Image Date: 2013-05-14 14:12:54 +0000
Focal Length: 100mm
Aperture: f/11.0 x4 & f/10 x1
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Manual
Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Copyright: Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK















Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely series Paul - yes they do look like mites on the bee
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Thanks Brian - likely not to be the varroa mites though...


Paul.

GOLDENORFE

I have never noticed mites on a miner bee before!

Paul Iddon

Hi Phil - I didn't realise it was a miner bee tbh...

Paul.