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I found these two flies on a Port Wine Magnolia Bush.
The orange-eyed one would occasionally do a little dance - holding one wing out and vibrating it, and then doing the same with the other wing and then run up and down the leaf.
I'm presuming it was the male trying to impress the less colourful female (#2)? Or maybe they are two different species.
I'll try to Google it later, but just thought someone may know.
Thanks for having a look anyway.
#2
D90, 60mm Micro Nikkor with smallest ext ring, tripod, natural light. 1/200 f/13 800 ISO +1ev. Cropped.
Edit - I'm now thinking a Grey Striped Fly (not sure about #2 yet)
http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Grey-Striped-Fly/Sarcophaga/aurifrons.html
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_flies/SARCOPHAGIDAE.htm
http://bugshots.wordpress.com/2010/0...aga-aurifrons/
Quote from the last link..."Here’s an example of the Grey Striped Fly (Sarcophaga aurifrons), a common fly seen in the Australia garden. The Grey Striped Fly also goes by the common name of “Flesh Fly” thanks to the tendency of a few species to lay eggs into open wounds. These flies are quite large and are easily photographed in the late afternoon when they are settling down on leaves and twigs for the night. At this time of day you can get right up close without them spooking to get some great close ups of their ugly, yet highly detailed head!"
I found these two flies on a Port Wine Magnolia Bush.
The orange-eyed one would occasionally do a little dance - holding one wing out and vibrating it, and then doing the same with the other wing and then run up and down the leaf.
I'm presuming it was the male trying to impress the less colourful female (#2)? Or maybe they are two different species.
I'll try to Google it later, but just thought someone may know.
Thanks for having a look anyway.
#2
D90, 60mm Micro Nikkor with smallest ext ring, tripod, natural light. 1/200 f/13 800 ISO +1ev. Cropped.
Edit - I'm now thinking a Grey Striped Fly (not sure about #2 yet)
http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Grey-Striped-Fly/Sarcophaga/aurifrons.html
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_flies/SARCOPHAGIDAE.htm
http://bugshots.wordpress.com/2010/0...aga-aurifrons/
Quote from the last link..."Here’s an example of the Grey Striped Fly (Sarcophaga aurifrons), a common fly seen in the Australia garden. The Grey Striped Fly also goes by the common name of “Flesh Fly” thanks to the tendency of a few species to lay eggs into open wounds. These flies are quite large and are easily photographed in the late afternoon when they are settling down on leaves and twigs for the night. At this time of day you can get right up close without them spooking to get some great close ups of their ugly, yet highly detailed head!"
, as the quote says.. "you can get right up close", with these guys if your are careful
- I know they are not the most trendy subjects and I'm not in the macro togs class here - but I'm running out of different birds to photograph, until I embark on an 'expedition' soon. Just mucking around after seeing some recent macros from MarkB and LordV. It's hard.
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