It's a hoverfly. Bees belong to the hymenopterans which have four wings. Hoverflies belongs to dipterans which have only two wings. I strongly suspect that the species is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Volucella_inanis_fg1.jpg
I think it's a great shot, Toine. I think the one with the spider waiting is quite good too. You nailed the focus on the eyes, and got the outstretched legs quite sharp at the same time. Jostein 2007/7/14, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Nice macro work > BTW, that "fly" look a lot like a bee. > > Jack > --- Toine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was stalking this crab spider to get a good shot. I don't think the > > shot is stellar (a beautiful white spider with a single red marking > > on > > "ugly purple" buddleja flowers). The interesting part is she got a > > large fly. > > > > http://leende.net/peso/20070714 > > > > -- > > Toine > > http://leende.net/peso > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. > http://games.yahoo.com/games/front > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
