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Dandelion and Visitor
Dandelion and Visitor
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Collection: September Macro
Camera: Canon Power Shot SX10 IS
Location: Trig Hill, Ballarat, Vic. Australia
Date: Sep 14, 2009
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Sep 14, 2009

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Comments: 4
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 The flower is a common dandelion, and the insect is ... very little. (Is it a native bee, Roz?)

Thanks for the link, Roz( Roz. I didn't find this guy but it seems pretty obvious now that he is some kind of fly.

Thanks, Matt( MattO - if he is our equivalent to a mayfly maybe he's a September fly.

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Fujifilm x100
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 09/29/2009 03:06:56 AM
Yes, excellent focus on the mayfly. Wonderful job capturing the eyes.
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Nikon D4
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 09/14/2009 10:49:39 PM
I believe that is a mayfly. And very well focused one at that. Of course they probably are a different variety then on this side of the globe.
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Sony Alpha a6000
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/14/2009 10:23:50 AM
Nice capture -very clear details !
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
 09/14/2009 03:30:49 AM
lol .. i was looking at your insect and wondering if he was a bee after seeing your title and then i read your comment ..
like i'm the expert .. NOT .. !!
but i got onto a site last year .. its this australian guy who has taken a gazillion photographs of insects and cataloged them .. some he doesnt know what they are so he'll say they're unknown, but mostly he'll have an idea of the genus/species or whatever its called to which the insect belongs ..
anyway .. here's a page on the site .. life unseen i've got a feeling your little guy is an australian leafroller fly .. but i could be completely wrong .. none of his examples of leafroller flies are exactly like yours .. but he does have a fly type face with those eyes etc ..
its a great shot marion .. love how he seems to be climbing that great big plant to get to the middle .. puffed out .. !!:)..
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