Saturday 12 July 2014

Drone Fly

Spent a happy hour in the Sunshine photographing the insects attracted to my Buddleia bush which was coming in to full flower. One flying insect I spotted behaved like a hoverfly but looked like a bee. What caught my eye was the size of its eyes which wrap round a large portion of its head:

Drone Fly 00

Fortunately a quick Google for hoverfly brought up a matching picture of this creature which turned out to be a Drone Fly. So called because they imitate a drone bee (the male hive bee).

Drone Fly 01

Drone Fly 02

All photos taken with the Nikon Coolpix S9050, usually around four or five inches from the subject.

BTW, don't go getting the idea it's always sunny here. I tend to be a fair weather photographer and as I write this it has been raining for the past seven hours and is forecast to go on for many more hours.

6 comments:

  1. John, The large pictures in 01 & 02 are great. You are getting a good collection this year.

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    1. Adrian. For what is essentially a point and shoot camera the Nikon works very well. Small and light enough to operate in one hand while the other holds a branch still in the breeze.

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  2. laughing at your weather report! i'd trade you some of my hot, texas sun. nice photos of the drone!

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    1. TWG. I think Texas heat would be too much for me though you are welcome to some of my rain.

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  3. The eyes are something else! Nice shots.

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    1. Wilma. The eyes are really startling in real life, so large and glossy black.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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