Scale Insect ? & Hover Fly

[bandit 1]

Hiya All,

A lame excuse I know but I've not been to good again bloody body tremors kicked in again, no not Alcohol induced more's the pity :lol: anyway I only managed to get what I believe to be a Scale Insect 2mm & a ' Hover Fly ' syrphus vitripennis ??

Hopefully back to full working order by tomorrow :rolleyes:

Cheers for now
Mark

[Attic]

Nice hoverfly Mark, is it Scaeva pyrastri ? it looks very similar apart from the one in my book is not as yellow, it's more white.

[LordV]

Like the hoverfly Mark- very difficult to make scale insects interesting though :)
Think the hoverfly is more likely Eupodes sp. possibly corollae

Brian V.

[Cactuspic]

Hi Mark. Scales are as ugly as they are destructive. I guess I prefer dead ones. Nice Hoverfly though. I am going out of town for a week and will try to pm you before I go.
Take care my friend.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Alby, Brian, Irwin,

Many thanks for your kind words & comments,

Brian,
Your spot on with that ID having looked at various sites it's very obvious I got it wrong, wish I'd done that in the first place as although the books I have are good but don't cover a wide enough variety, great thanks.

Irwin,
Have a good time outa town, hopefully not all business, you know what they say about all work & no play :lol:

Cheers for now
Mark

[bandit 1]

Hiya Brian,

How about it's Hippie Twin trippin out on some Acid :lol:

Cheers for now
Mark


Like the hoverfly Mark- very difficult to make scale insects interesting though :)
Think the hoverfly is more likely Eupodes sp. possibly corollae

Brian V.

[forsakenme720]

Hiya Brian,

How about it's Hippie Twin trippin out on some Acid :lol:

Cheers for now
Mark

Wow... that's - lol - if it really looked like that it would be pretty scary. And it would get eaten a lot I would think because everything would be able to see it a mile away. :lol:

[bandit 1]

Hiya Forsakenme720,

Many thanks for your kind words & comments, guess if it were for real it would be deadly poisonous being this colouring.

Cheers for now
Mark

[forsakenme720]

Hiya Forsakenme720,

Many thanks for your kind words & comments, guess if it were for real it would be deadly poisonous being this colouring.

Cheers for now
Mark

Wow, yeah that's true. I didn't think of that one.

[Lawrie B]

Hi Mark
Good to see more photos from you, Love the hover

[bandit 1]

Hiya Lawrie,

Many thanks for your kind words & comments, I'm having a battle with my ol body at the mo, the sodding thing thinks it can get the better of me, ha that's what it thinks !! I'm just taking things a bit steady till things ease up then I'll be out my corner fighting again :lol:

Cheers for now
Mark

[eccles]

Get well soon, Mark.

[racketman]

Arty one looks like a cross section of my sciatic nerve - note the flames ! Sounds like you are having a rough spell, all the more frustrating when you are an active type; hope you settle down over the next 24hrs.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Eccles, RM,

Many thanks for your kind words & comments,
Am thinking I gota rest up over the weekend so will pop in now & again just to see whats on, no slacking I'll be watching you can count on that :lol:

Back soon hopefully

Cheers for now
Mark

[Action_Man]

Get well soon Mark - nice captures :) ...

[scrumpy]

Hi Mark

Sorry to hear your under the weather - so to speak. Nice pics. The hover rocks. What flash are you using?

Take care, David

[bandit 1]

Hiya David, Gordon, RM & anybody else I've missed

Many thanks for your kind words, comments & well wishes much appreciated.

David,
I'm using the Sigma EF-500 DG Super but I only have it mounted atop the Camera as I don't have oh damn brain's gone on strike :confused: Canon Off Shoe Cord :lol:

Cheers for now
Mark