Flies have to eat too
The worldwide known masters of annoyance (besides mosquitoes). They show up uninvited out of nowhere and will annoy the living hell out of you with their buzzing, pooping on food, trying to get to your ears... you know what I mean.
This annoyance does ease a bit though after you start talking photos of them and notice their peculiar look. The huge eyes, hair backs and legs, and so many colours on their butts.
They are not that bad after all ;)
As I was shooting I thought it was one of the bees - few types was showing up to feed on the lavender. But nope, not a bee. I got a nice, fatty fly instead.
I had to actually ask google to make sure what are the most visible differences between bees and flies to be able to distinguish them faster.
Here is a quick lesson then:
- Flies have two wings - bees have four.
- Flies have very short antennas - bees have long a thin ones.
info source
That's probably the simples thing to remember.
Here is a lovely out of focus artistic photo, since I manage to get those too (and I like the soft colours here).
A pretty green one for dessert? Why not :)
All ere shot at my mums garden. The little bud below is a straw flower I think.
Bonus song:
U2 - The Fly
year 1991
Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.
Bono has the fly sunglasses to match I see. This is how I always remember him or maybe with longer hair in the Rattle and Hum era.
I'd be attracted to the lavender too, that smell is unmistakable. Those flies need diapers I think 😀
That the only song I could think would match here.
And yea, the older U2 is something to remember. I used to follow their career until some point. Its not the same now and all feels very pushed and without passion.
I feel the same way.
Do you remember the U2 Itunes debacle? This is about the last news I've followed about the band.
Apparently there was a tool to remove the Songs of Innocence album that was given away free and attached to your library. I never did listen to this album or might have but totally forgot about it.
This doesn't seem to be the case anymore haha.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251184844
I really should listen to their most recent stuff again with an open ear
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Yep.. poor little guys get a bad rep... My most despised thing is maggots... I've seen what they do to poor sheep when they get an infestation, awful stuff..
Sorry to bring that up.... Now back to those beautiful Purple flowers, nice shots as usual 💜
They worked for it :p
Oh who cares about pretty flowers and you have maggots stories to share :D
Beautiful macro shots man!
those green flies are really bigs, i dont like those ones
Thanks!
Big, noisy and annoying :p
Very beautiful harmonious summer photos, very pleasant.😊
Thanks! Especially now that is cold and rainy.
Perfectly shots. Amazing!
Thank you :)
You're welcome. God bless.
Nice lavender its looking so beautiful.
Thanks :D
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Que geniales fotos 🤩🤩
Thank you :)
Yes, actually a hover fly species (family Syrphidae).
Nice that you made the effort to find out that it wasn't a bee but a fly.
Also in the post pinned on top of this community I explained the differences between bees and flies. Just check here.
Oh nice! Thank you :) I will go look now. Thanks a lot!
Nice colors. Some species of flies imitate bees or wasps just to look dangerous to the predators.
Thanks! I don't think spiders care much who they imitate :p They eat them equally.
True, but "higher" developed being do see dangerous colors
Wow I never knew I could enjoy a close up look at flies. Nice shots as always -also of the lavender. ~Happy New year to you~
Haha They look so much better up close :p
Happy (late) New Year :D
Thank you.
haha - I guess I will only find out via your lenses - I fly away from flies
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