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Flypaper
Flypaper
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Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Pentax FA D 50mm f/2.8 Macro
Date: Jun 3, 2010
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 3, 2010

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Not really a macro.
The school I've been going to this week has dozens of strips of flypaper hanging from the ceilings in various places. The entrance hall alone has about seven of them.
There are lots of rice fields around the school, but there are also some cow and pig sheds, which I guess contributes to the huge number of flies. But these flies aren't like Australian flies - they don't get in your face or sit on your back. They just fly around until they get stuck on flypaper.
The flypapers had been refreshed in the hour or so between when I arrived and took this photo.

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06/14/2010 10:09:18 AM
Oh! Yuck! Yes, I remember this stuff. My grandmother used to hang it in her kitchen when I was a kid. I always felt sorry for the flies.
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06/04/2010 11:35:05 PM
Interesting shot. It looks like the occasional fly gets away - minus a wing or other part.
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06/04/2010 11:58:59 AM
Well, that must be a lovely thing to view day after day :-(
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06/04/2010 03:54:16 AM
Nicely done, have not seen fly paper for ages.
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06/03/2010 10:16:25 PM
It's as if I'm watching early amber encase the flies that will be fossils in several million years. :)
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06/03/2010 07:04:16 PM
This stuff has been around for years and years. Nice shot
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06/03/2010 07:00:18 PM
When I was a child living in Cape Breton, we used fly paper all the time. No screen doors on our house led to tons of uninvited guests. Thanks for bringing back memories - nicely done.
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06/03/2010 06:42:08 PM
LOL!!
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06/03/2010 06:38:32 PM
Perhaps not a macro (although it fits here well), but it's a very nice closeup with the colors of the paper and the flies.
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