Myathropa florea by Enmos

Photography • Insects • posted on Mar 10, 2009

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A hover fly (Myathropa florea). I found one site that gives it the common name 'Dead Head Fly', but I doubt if that's correct as it's the only site that does so. It's called 'Doodskopzweefvlieg' in Dutch, which means 'Skull Hover fly' or 'Deadhead Hover fly'. So maybe some Dutch guy made up that English common name.. ;) Thanks for viewing ! :)

Comments (25)

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decie

6:55AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

brilliant capture I wish the sunny days would come so i can try my hand at shots like yours:)

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qrud

6:57AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

work, all day long. nice photo

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danob

7:07AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

What a wonderful Macro of this pretty common little hoverfly I have not heard of the dead head name but can well understand why! The lime green light perfect clarity to the wings and DOF here adds so much to the golds! BTW Did I say I love it lol

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DAVER2112

7:10AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Outstanding macro! Very sharp. :)

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flora-crassella

7:18AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

in Germany this pretty fly is called also Dead Head Fly! wonderful photo!!!!!!

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CavalierLady

7:21AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Wonderful macro! The background sets this off so perfectly! You really have an eye for this!!

BorisB

8:12AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

SUPERB!!!

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MrsRatbag

8:58AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Fantastic capture!

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erlandpil

9:12AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Good capture macro picture erland

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flexor

9:29AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

The wings are fantastic!

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Faemike55

9:43AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Outstanding photo!

MC-Jay-One

10:36AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Excellent macro !

L8RDAZE

10:37AM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Lots of detail! Got to love the pattern in the wings. I really like the natural lighting here too...adds a lot the image

picantilla

12:01PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

It is fantastic!!!

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kgb224

12:15PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Outstanding macro.5 + for this effort.I am adding this one to my favorite list.

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sandra46

1:06PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Very impressive macro. However I can't tell a fly from another! I'm envious of you people who can tell exactly what bug is under your lens!

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Richardphotos

3:00PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

no matter the name they are beautiful insects and the good thing is they do not bite.beautiful macro

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durleybeachbum

3:02PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Fabulous macro! Complete Britsich Insects (Michael Chinery) gives it no common name, but as Danny says you can see how it got the Dutch one! Superb!

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jeroni

6:49PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

Splendid composition and colors my friend

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bronwyn_lea

8:29PM | Tue, 10 March 2009

What a great picture!

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sharky_

1:42AM | Thu, 12 March 2009

Outstanding macro... Aloha

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Gabrielsdream

9:05AM | Thu, 12 March 2009

Great details, the wings look wonderful!

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guitar-slinger

12:39PM | Fri, 13 March 2009

It looks like a honey bee to me !! Wow!! a greeat Macro shot !!, I should have seen this picture before I made my Bee Cartoon Models [^_^], Nice camera work !!! [^^] Cheers, Roger

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iaacf

7:52PM | Sun, 15 March 2009

This is an awesome macro. You are truly a master of the macro.

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petercp

8:34PM | Tue, 24 March 2009

This is an excellent macro, I'm leaning more toward the photographing of insects as I learn more about my new camera so for me your gallery is one of inspiration, I'm off to the city this week for a lense or two that may help my macro photography, I'm also impressed with your cameras 7-bladed lens diaphram for true depth of field control, a very good choice of camera. I like the hoverfly, I often see them in my garden. PS: I can't wait for spring. Peter