Dung fly

Lord Vetinari

First dung fly I've spotted this year. Feeding on a drop of sugar/honey syrup.

Brian V.

e6filmuser

Brian,

An excellent set. Slightly prefer the second one.

Harold

Lord Vetinari

@e6filmuser said:
Brian,

An excellent set. Slightly prefer the second one.

Harold

Thanks Harold

Brian V.

spanky117ab

Great shots, I find it interesting how the liquid drop holds the flies leg up on top of it without breaking the surface tension . Another good example of how the macro world differs from ours.

Lord Vetinari

@spanky117ab said:
Great shots, I find it interesting how the liquid drop holds the flies leg up on top of it without breaking the surface tension . Another good example of how the macro world differs from ours.

Thanks for the comments mike - I was going to say the liquid syrup is fairly viscous but having seen small flies walking around on dewdrops without breaking the surface, I think the surface tension is enough.

Brian V