Took me a while to realise what was odd with these shots. the hoverfly has 3 antennae. I think it is Epistrophe grossularia.
Brian V.
Hoverfly with 3 antennae #1 by Brian Valentine, on Flickr
LordV Macro Photo-Lord of the Year 2006  More info | May 17, 2023 13:54 | #1 Took me a while to realise what was odd with these shots. the hoverfly has 3 antennae. I think it is Epistrophe grossularia. Hoverfly with 3 antennae #1 by Brian Valentine, on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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BasAndrews Cream of the Crop  More info | May 19, 2023 02:24 | #2 LordV wrote in post #19519927 Took me a while to realise what was odd with these shots. the hoverfly has 3 antennae. I think it is Epistrophe grossularia. Brian V. Hoverfly with 3 antennae #1 by Brian Valentine, on Flickr Great work Brian.
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May 19, 2023 07:17 | #3 BasAndrews wrote in post #19520386 Great work Brian. Thanks Bas- something I'd not seen before. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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Mikbone Senior Member  More info | May 19, 2023 16:54 | #4 LordV wrote in post #19519927 Took me a while to realise what was odd with these shots. the hoverfly has 3 antennae. I think it is Epistrophe grossularia. Brian V. Hoverfly with 3 antennae #1 by Brian Valentine, on Flickr odd looking creature..Great captures if you keep on picking it, it will never heal..
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May 19, 2023 23:44 | #5 Mikbone wrote in post #19520688 odd looking creature..Great captures Thanks Mik http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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MarkSturtevant Member  More info | May 21, 2023 16:40 | #7 That is very cool! Bateson (a classical developmental biologist from the early 20th century) had written about duplications in limbs of arthropods that are found in nature. Mark Sturtevant
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May 21, 2023 23:43 | #8 DNSJR wrote in post #19521172 simply outstanding!!! Mark Sturtevant wrote in post #19521401 That is very cool! Bateson (a classical developmental biologist from the early 20th century) had written about duplications in limbs of arthropods that are found in nature. Thanks for the comments and info- appreciated http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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May 22, 2023 09:13 | #9 LordV wrote in post #19519927 Took me a while to realise what was odd with these shots. the hoverfly has 3 antennae. I think it is Epistrophe grossularia. Brian V. Hoverfly with 3 antennae #1 by Brian Valentine, on Flickr Very cool capture! It's amazing the things we miss Sony A9, Pentax K1 MKii, Panasonic G9, Sony 200-600, Samyang 12mm F2 NCS CS, 7Artisans 7.5mm f2.8 fisheye, Panagor 90mm f2.8 Macro (OM), , Sigma APO 2x DG EX TC, Tiffen aXent ND 3.0 (ND1000) filter, Olympus OMD E-M5(drown in the Atlantic), Oly 14-42mm, Oly 12-50mm, ZEQ25gt Mount, plus a few other lenses, extension tubes, and general mish-mash
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May 22, 2023 23:49 | #10 Pax2You wrote in post #19521654 Very cool capture! It's amazing the things we miss
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May 23, 2023 10:19 | #11 Really good - will you send it to an entomlogy magazine - if not can I do so?
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May 23, 2023 13:11 | #12 davholla wrote in post #19522101 Really good - will you send it to an entomlogy magazine - if not can I do so? Thanks- Please send it to a magazine. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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May 23, 2023 14:45 | #13 Excellent, where was it taken? I will send it to the AES. I assume it was taken 15th May 2023.
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May 23, 2023 23:51 | #14 davholla wrote in post #19522183 Excellent, where was it taken? I will send it to the AES. I assume it was taken 15th May 2023. This is what I will send" Hi Colin, I saw these photos on flickr of a female Epistrophe grossularia. link to flickr I have the permission of the photographer to send them to you and it was taken in place xx and date yy (see this thread where he gives permission) (link to the thread) If you have a flickr account you should be able to download them if not I can send them to you" All seems fine. taken on 15th May in my garden in Worthing W.Sussex http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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Aug 04, 2023 08:50 | #15 For those are not members of the AES this was published in the latest magazine and IIRC correctly this has only happened once before and that was not photographed.
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