Lovely eyes

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited July 10, 2008 in Holy Macro
Always like the colours of the eyes of these Tephritid picture wing flies.

Brian V.

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  • doharadohara Registered Users Posts: 58 Big grins
    edited July 9, 2008
    Beautiful Brian!
  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2008
    I agree, the eyes are beautifully colored !
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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2008
    What a beautiful rainbow! Is this characterstic of this type of fly?

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2008
    Thanks for looking and commenting everybody :)

    Schmoo - most of the picture wing flies I've come across have nice coloured eyes but not always with the stripes as well.

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  • GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited July 9, 2008
    Great set Brian, all very good.
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  • TomTom Registered Users Posts: 22 Big grins
    edited July 9, 2008
    Fantastic shots. May I ask how you identify the insects in your photos? Must be a couple of pretty good field guides... sorry if this has been asked before.
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2008
    These are superb beautiful
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  • Mark EdellMark Edell Registered Users Posts: 672 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2008
    Very cool!
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  • davidweaverdavidweaver Registered Users Posts: 681 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2008
    Good work and excellent detail on focusing on the eyes.

    cheers,
    David
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2008
    Thanks for the comments everybody :)- these flies are quite interesting especially when they are doing wing displays.

    Tom - I have a couple of Insect guides for the UK and Western Europe which will normally allow you to ID the family. After that I often use web sites like Wild about Britain or Diptera.info if I want to know more. After 3 years macro shooting in my garden I can generally have a good idea of what the bugs are I see :).
    IDing many bugs down to species level can be very difficult without microscopic examination which I'm not interested in.

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  • TomTom Registered Users Posts: 22 Big grins
    edited July 10, 2008
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    I have a couple of Insect guides for the UK and Western Europe which will normally allow you to ID the family. After that I often use web sites like Wild about Britain or Diptera.info if I want to know more. After 3 years macro shooting in my garden I can generally have a good idea of what the bugs are I see :).
    IDing many bugs down to species level can be very difficult without microscopic examination which I'm not interested in.

    Brian, thanks for the info. I see that many folks on the forum identify their subjects with proper scientific names instead of common names, which is great. But insect taxonomy can be a killer.
  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2008
    excellent series Brian. Fine detail/colors on the eyes. thumb.gifthumb
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