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17-APR-2015 Christine Hanrahan

Hover fly (Helophilus fasciatus)

Mer Bleue area

This was taken a couple of Aprils ago. It was a sunny day, the Coltsfoot was in bloom and many species of insects were nectaring on the flowers. This is one of many hover fly bee mimics.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/800s f/5.0 at 108.0mm iso100 full exif

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Don10-Mar-2017 22:18
A pleasing, colourful macro, as sunny as the day.
Pierre Martin26-Feb-2017 00:28
excellent picture with lot of details!
Graeme25-Feb-2017 23:41
Lovely vibrant capture of the flower and fly, Christine.BV!
globalgadabout25-Feb-2017 22:40
fantastic clarity...very accomplished shot....the flower's name Coltsfoot is intriguing...V
Carl Carbone25-Feb-2017 22:31
Such beautiful yellow! Nice close-up.
Isabel Cutler25-Feb-2017 22:29
They can be pretty intimidating when you think they're bees.
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