Banded Eye Drone series

[Dalantech]

Male (the eyes are touching, the female's eyes are separate) Banded Eye Drone shot at twice life size with a Canon MPE-65mm macro lens. I have no idea what the name of the plant is, but it grows like a bush and since it started blooming about a week ago (in November!) it's just about the only thing the critters are feeding off of. Since it produces flowers in a cluster it's not so easy to get the angles that I want without getting robbed by the foreground (and sometimes the background is a problem). Most of the time I'm not holding onto the flower the fly is on and there's no way I can turn it so I pretty much have to take what I can get.

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A little eye maintenance:

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/3035502658_9629e29305_b.jpg

My current wallpaper:

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[Naturalist]

Wonderful series! Superb job on the images!

[spidermanrbryce2006]

brilliant series John!

[racketman]

good work, late bloomers must be a welcome food source.

[LordV]

Lovely series John :)
Brian V.

[Choderboy]

Worth the wait. They're fantastic.

[LordV]

Lovely series John.
Brian V.

[bandit 1]

Hiya DT,

Excellent series of shots, I'm wondering what if any purpose the banding serve apart from camouflage ????

Cheers for now
Mark

[Dalantech]

Thanks folks :)

No idea Mark -I've often wondered if it is some sort of cammo trick...