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LordV

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Jul 05, 2006 04:08 | #1

Shot these two the other day.
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Haven't seen this one before - Hoverfly Baccha elongata

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Interesting plant bug nymph #1 possibly Heterotoma planicornis

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Interesting plant bug nymph #2

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Jul 05, 2006 06:27 | #3

Nice shots, Ithink this is the same insect.

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Jul 05, 2006 06:34 | #4

Thanks Gordon and Andy
Andy- certainly looks like the adult of the same bug- green legs and weird antennae
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Jul 05, 2006 07:32 | #5

Fantastic detail Brian. That plant bug nymph is a curious looking bug!

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Jul 05, 2006 07:45 | #6

Great shot the first one, he looks a mean critter

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Jul 05, 2006 07:53 | #7

Brian Brian Brian as always awesome.

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Jul 05, 2006 08:07 | #8

Hiya Brian,
Nice shots as always that Hover looks like its suffering from bad case of Anorexia, never seen the like of it before & I love the #2 of the plant bug nymph, I think the smaller these critters are the more interesting they become, no chance to shoot here today as its bucketing down but at least its cooler.
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Jul 05, 2006 08:56 as a reply to @ bandit 1's post | #9

fantastic shots... well done.
I am a newbie to macro work, and have a 70-200L plus kenko tubes arriving tomorrow. Would you ming writing a quick few words about how you got these shots ?? How did you focus, did you use a tripod, what lens were you using etc etc ??

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Jul 05, 2006 08:58 as a reply to @ gingerneil's post | #10

gingerneil wrote:
fantastic shots... well done.
I am a newbie to macro work, and have a 70-200L plus kenko tubes arriving tomorrow. Would you ming writing a quick few words about how you got these shots ?? How did you focus, did you use a tripod, what lens were you using etc etc ??

Thanks
I did some tips here
http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/66514/
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Jul 05, 2006 11:47 as a reply to @ LordV's post | #11

LordV wrote:
Thanks

I did some tips here
http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/66514/

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brilliant - thanks.

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Jul 05, 2006 12:31 | #12

Thanks for the comments all
I've been told the hoverfly is quite common but tends to fly around in the undergrowth so it's not often spotted.
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Jul 05, 2006 18:03 | #13

Great pics #1 is simply breath taking!!!

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Jul 05, 2006 18:43 | #14

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Amazing shots Brian, especially of the plant bug nymph - such a small insect, it must be so handy to have that mpe-65 for those tiny insects!!!

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Jul 06, 2006 00:40 as a reply to @ Omri Alon's post | #15

Omri Alon wrote:
Great pics

#1 is simply breath taking!!!

Thanks Omri
I thought #1 was an ichneumon wasp when I first spotted it
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