A rather flashy hoverfly

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited June 7, 2015 in Holy Macro
First sightings this year of the rather flashy hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum. An interesting hoverfly, the larvae lives inside ant's nests (I found out about this by twice photographing newly emerged ones and then finding I was sitting on an ant's nest which I thought was a bit of a coincidence). First 5 shots natural light. Last shot full flash.

Brian V.

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Brian V.
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Comments

  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited June 6, 2015
    Brian,

    Lovely set. I get the occasional individual in my garden, where there are ants nests.

    Occasionally, in the ant highways (open-topped tunnels) you might see the white springtail Cyphoderus running with the ants. The genus lives only in ant colonies.

    Harold
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2015
    e6filmuser wrote: »
    Brian,

    Lovely set. I get the occasional individual in my garden, where there are ants nests.

    Occasionally, in the ant highways (open-topped tunnels) you might see the white springtail Cyphoderus running with the ants. The genus lives only in ant colonies.

    Harold

    Thanks for the comments and info Harold :):
    Brian v.
    Brian V.
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