Mike is right about the ocelli - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocellus. Toine this last shot is an amazingly high magnification with great detail - I am curious about macro set-up. Was this a live specimen?
Alastair On 7/17/07, Toine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, this list is amazing! > > On 7/16/07, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > From: Toine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: 2007/07/16 Mon PM 01:48:14 GMT > > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: PESO Crab spider > > > > > > Yes most likely. The dutch name for this hoverfly is blind bee. I > > > noticed something strange about this specimen. It has a black blob on > > > his head with two bright red spots: > > > > > > http://leende.net/peso/20070714/fly.htm > > > > > > A fly parasite? > > > > > > Toine > > > > Ocelli. Very simple eyes, often found in threes. The third one is there, > > just not very clear or red. > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
