Bees, almost bees, wasp, flies...
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I spotted this fly on a walkway in a park and I made a fool of me as I had to crawl on the pavement.
R5 + Rf 100 2.8L
@ 1/100, f/13, iso 2500
and a stack of 24 frames
I changed the lens to a Laowa 60mm macro. A full manual lens which caused some problems as the fly liked to sit down....
...on my finger.
not easy to change the focal plane and aperture just with the right hand.
And the fly liked my finger as it caught another prey to have a snack on my hand.
R5 + Rf 100 2.8L
@ 1/100, f/13, iso 2500
and a stack of 24 frames
I changed the lens to a Laowa 60mm macro. A full manual lens which caused some problems as the fly liked to sit down....
...on my finger.
not easy to change the focal plane and aperture just with the right hand.
And the fly liked my finger as it caught another prey to have a snack on my hand.
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My favorite is the #2: Assassin Fly in action and every thing else blurred! Action is the point!I spotted this fly on a walkway in a park and I made a fool of me as I had to crawl on the pavement.
R5 + Rf 100 2.8L
@ 1/100, f/13, iso 2500
View attachment 220285
and a stack of 24 frames
View attachment 220286
I changed the lens to a Laowa 60mm macro. A full manual lens which caused some problems as the fly liked to sit down....
...on my finger.
View attachment 220287
not easy to change the focal plane and aperture just with the right hand.
And the fly liked my finger as it caught another prey to have a snack on my hand.
View attachment 220288
And why "I made a fool of me as I had to crawl on the pavement." ?!! Just a dedicated wildlife photographer
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Delta pyriphorme ssp. philippinense aka "Potter wasp". For the yellow one i don't know: looks like one of the yellow subspecies of the same wasp but it needs real expert.... Few weeks ago my wife show me a very nice, very nicely shaped "pot" on thin stem of our basil on the lanai. It was late afternoon with bad light and I decided to shoot next day... Next day the pot was broken - there were strong winds in the night. The lesson is (only for photographers!!!): Shoot first, ask questions later!
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I always marvel at that thin part of wasps. It looks like it could break like your pot in any stress from wind or fast motion. Maybe some engineers can look into the structure and material composition without getting stung?
Anyway great photos!
Anyway great photos!
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First one is the Philippine Black Potter wasp (Delta pyriphorme ssp. philippinense). The other subspecies of Delta pyriforme have yellow and I'm not sure which one did I got.
Delta pyriforme ssp. philippinense is a legitimate taxon despite the fact Wikipedia doesn't have "page" for it (as well as for the other 3 ssp.)
black potter wasp
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Last summer, I went several times to a sandpit.
Didn't have the time to ID all the insects that I found there.
Here is an interesting one:
dryudella stigma
In Bavaria, it is an endangered species (RL By 2).
R6m2, RF100-500L
Didn't have the time to ID all the insects that I found there.
Here is an interesting one:
dryudella stigma
In Bavaria, it is an endangered species (RL By 2).
R6m2, RF100-500L
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Almost the same for the layman and only distinguishable on closer inspection:
A golden digger wasp (sphex funerarius)
R6m2, RF100-500L
A golden digger wasp (sphex funerarius)
R6m2, RF100-500L
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Sehr gut!
It's still tricky season in that part of Europe but you obviously can feel the Spring coming!
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Wonderful!
Crocuses are not yet in bloom here. Perhaps they have fallen victim to the voles in my garden.
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This hedychrum nobile is called "Sand-Goldwespe" in German (word by word: "sand gold wasp").
I found it last summer in the sandpit I went to several times.
I found it last summer in the sandpit I went to several times.
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