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macro junkie
25th of January 2008 (Fri), 16:55
never seen this before..not sure why it was doing it but it looked like the fly was blowing his head up with air then the air would deflate...It kept on doing this for ages,im pretty sure its doing this to try and get out of the pupa.i have more pics need to edit them then il show u as they emerge

edit - i know the pics aint that great but i just wanted to show u this weird thing they do..

pic 1

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2030/2218887409_2b29a8dbc2_b.jpg

pic 2 - its getting bigger..lol

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/2218891177_e0b4d2d17b_b.jpg

pic 3 - the blow up fly..

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2051/2219688396_8f5560abc1_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2048/2218883669_ef1d949940_b.jpg
siddr20
25th of January 2008 (Fri), 17:21
Wow thats hell creapy!!

Very nice pics tho :) but what exactly is that thing?
macro junkie
25th of January 2008 (Fri), 17:27
its a house fly..il show u pic after it comes out the pupae in bit..need to upload 1st
racketman
25th of January 2008 (Fri), 19:22
strange but those are the first images of a fly emerging from pupation that I can recall viewing. Excellent documentation.
TheFishGuy
25th of January 2008 (Fri), 19:36
That is pretty amazing. Great capture.
Chris
LordV
26th of January 2008 (Sat), 01:13
Excellent shots - love the last one. Wonder if it can blow up it's body in sequence to produce a peristaltic wave which would tend to squeeze it out of the case ? - same thing that happens in you guts but the other way round.

brian V.
vpnd
26th of January 2008 (Sat), 02:03
great job...and absolutely disgusting...
macro junkie
26th of January 2008 (Sat), 04:31
great job...and absolutely disgusting...
tell me about it..u should smell them..:eek:
troypiggo
26th of January 2008 (Sat), 06:56
That is alien. Aren't they amazing.
Jay Lowery
26th of January 2008 (Sat), 10:30
lmao that looks funny. turns from a fly to what looks like some sort of ground mole. perfect capture
4g63photo
26th of January 2008 (Sat), 10:47
OMG. Thats creepy. Nice timing MJ.
tumana
26th of January 2008 (Sat), 10:58
:shock:

Amazing images... but dang!
macro junkie
26th of January 2008 (Sat), 12:25
just going through my pics soon as i get to the flys il post some more pics..as they emerge..dont u hate it when u have over 200 pics to edit..takes a long time when i sharpen and take the dust mnaks from the pics.
racketman
26th of January 2008 (Sat), 12:37
clean your sensor, save a lot of time - I never have more than a couple of spots to clean even at x3 mag
GaryT
26th of January 2008 (Sat), 14:03
Great series MJ. Never seen anything like it.
macro junkie
26th of January 2008 (Sat), 22:21
clean your sensor, save a lot of time - I never have more than a couple of spots to clean even at x3 mag
yer i do clean it..but theres alot of dust in my body..only takes couple weeks and i have **** back on it.i use green clean wet and dry swabs