Damsel Fly

A damsel fly (I think) taken yesterday when a number of them decided to hang out on a garage door.

Canon T4i
Tokina 100mm macro on a full set of ProMaster extension tubes
Sigma EF500 DG Super flash on 1/2 power w/8"x12" Neewer diffuser
1/250
ISO 100
f/16

Temma wrote in post #18386698
A damsel fly (I think) taken yesterday when a number of them decided to hang out on a garage door.

Canon T4i
Tokina 100mm macro on a full set of ProMaster extension tubes
Sigma EF500 DG Super flash on 1/2 power w/8"x12" Neewer diffuser
1/250
ISO 100
f/16

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There is a suspicious resemblance to a fish fly.

It's not a Damsel. It's some kind of Baetis, possibly a blue-winged olive.

What did this USED to be? It was right next to the live one and resembles it. It looks like something ate the middle out of it, as well as the head. Some sort of parasite?:

Archibald wrote in post #18386714
There is a suspicious resemblance to a fish fly.

According to Wikipedia, fish flies have feathery antennae, which this lacks.

May fly, perhaps?

I know more about invertebrates than the average person, but I'm no expert.

MJB-UK wrote in post #18386721
It's not a Damsel. It's some kind of Baetis, possibly a blue-winged olive.

Wikipedia points in that direction.

Temma wrote in post #18386752
What did this USED to be? It was right next to the live one and resembles it. It looks like something ate the middle out of it, as well as the head. Some sort of parasite?:

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The life cycle of the aquatic upwing flies is nymph -> sub-imago -> image, shedding it's skin between each stage..

MJB-UK wrote in post #18386784
The life cycle of the aquatic upwing flies is nymph -> sub-imago -> image, shedding it's skin between each stage..

I just got done reading that on Wikipedia. It doesn't really give any dimensional proportions between the sub-imagoes and the adults, so I wasn't sure.

Supposedly, it's the only insect which has an imtermediary winged stage which molts into another.

Lovely mayfly capture
Brian V.

Is that Mayfly giving you two fingers?!!

LordV wrote in post #18387046
Lovely mayfly capture
Brian V.

Thanks.

I thought the robber fly looked good, but this one was even better.

It's just been a long process of trial and error (and no subjects).

I have a spider living in the driver's side mirror of my car. There's spider web all over the mirror and window, WITH mayflies, gnats, etc. in it... but for a couple of weeks, no spider.

When it comes to interesting insects around here, it's been like waiting to see bigfoot riding on the back of the Loch Ness monster...

Snowyman wrote in post #18387126
Is that Mayfly giving you two fingers?!!

And four eyes!

Reading Wikipedia last night, I learned that the males have a dimorphic trait of additional upward facing eyes, used in mating.

Temma wrote in post #18387276
Thanks.

I thought the robber fly looked good, but this one was even better.

It's just been a long process of trial and error (and no subjects).

I have a spider living in the driver's side mirror of my car. There's spider web all over the mirror and window, WITH mayflies, gnats, etc. in it... but for a couple of weeks, no spider.

When it comes to interesting insects around here, it's been like waiting to see bigfoot riding on the back of the Loch Ness monster...

LOL.

The one that looks like it exploded is pretty wild.

stevendillonphoto wrote in post #18387347
LOL.

The one that looks like it exploded is pretty wild.

May flies, unlike all other insects, has an intermediate flying stage that metamorphoses into an adult flying stage.

I've learned quite a bit about may flies in the past couple of days.

Great Mayfly capture.