Author Topic: Bugs  (Read 135639 times)

Pingu

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Re: Bugs
« Reply #375 on: 21 August, 2023, 09:07:43 pm »
 :thumbsup:

Salvatore

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Re: Bugs
« Reply #376 on: 23 August, 2023, 10:20:57 am »
"The [robber] fly attacks its prey by stabbing it with its short, strong proboscis, injecting the victim with saliva containing neurotoxic and proteolytic enzymes which very rapidly paralyze the victim and soon digest the insides; the fly then sucks the liquefied material through the proboscis."

I assume that's what's going on here. And probably why it didn't fly away immediately when confronted with the front element of a macro lens.

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et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur

Re: Bugs
« Reply #377 on: 23 August, 2023, 07:28:22 pm »
Lovely.

Pingu

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Re: Bugs
« Reply #378 on: 05 September, 2023, 05:33:48 pm »

IMG_5741_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Re: Bugs
« Reply #379 on: 05 September, 2023, 07:43:18 pm »
Holy spider, Batman, look at that cross!  Great picture.

Salvatore

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Re: Bugs
« Reply #380 on: 05 November, 2023, 08:41:45 pm »
I was on the lookout for fungi today, but spotted a small speck on the far side of an unremarkable toadstool. This was that speck, some sort of fruit fly I suspect. 5-6 mm long.



The first outing in decades for this manual macro lens.
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et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur