It's a Girl! by NightGallery
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The Photo: Top newly emerged Hover Fly. In the upper left corner you can see the empty pupa. Notice the wings are still compressed and folded up.
Bottom is the pupa as found and on the day of the emergence.
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On the 21st of this month I found a Syrphid Fly (Hover Fly) Pupa on my shrub. I decided to clip the small branch and take in inside and keep it in a jar hoping it would mature. Yesterday it did.
Although I missed her emerging by what I think is about a minute or two, I did manage to get shots of her right after she came out. (Checked it before lunch nothing changed, came back after a bite and there she was out! ugh)
The ID should be Allograpta Obliqua. It's a female. It was really a treat for me to catch this much of the new life coming about. From the time I got the first shot to the wings fully expanded was about 2-3 minutes. Once they started it went pretty fast. She was very docile and relaxed the whole time. Moving about just a little.
After the wings were fully open, I took her outside and let her relax and sun on some flowers I have in the backyard. Left her there after some photos and came back in about 20 mins and she had gone. Good Luck little one!
I will have a couple more shots in the coming days to show the changes that took place over the hour or so I took photos.
The bottom shots are the pupa on the dates given. The one on the right (4-29) is the morning before she emerged.
Thanks for looking.
-Bruce
PS Found another Pupa 2 days ago and yesterday took that one in as well. Maybe I will catch the eclose (emergence) this time since I now know what the pupa looks like the day of it coming out.
Comments (29)
kgb224
Stunning captures and collage my friend.
alessimarco
Amazing!!!!!
drag
Fantastic photography.
durleybeachbum
So exciting that you have caught this!
DAVER2112
Outstanding work!!!
Meisiekind
WOW - You should send this to National Geographic! :)
Crabbycabby
Fantastic work.
zulaan
Wow ! Uncredibe !!!
flora-crassella
SOOOOOOOO FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
marybelgium
fantastique !
flavia49
marvelous macro!!
sandra46
superlative collage!
willpee
Fantastic !!!!
kleinhoon
Outstanding macro work..!!
MrsLubner
This really knocks my socks off! Extraordinary collage!
blondeblurr
Amazing, that you have witnessed moments like this - how exiting for you !great patience is a must - looking forward to more developments in the future, will call you 'Lord of the Flies' LOL super images, BB
jocko500
happy you recorded this new life comeing into the world. did well too
Leeco
Cool collage and great detail. I keep an empty 5 gallon fish tank for just this reason. I have brought a number of eggs and pupa inside to see what emerges. It is always a thrill. Thanks for sharing. Lee
watapki66
Fantastic shots!
Chaosphoto
very nice work Bruce. she is fascinating
whaleman
Awesome collage Bruce! Those wings don't look large enough for her to fly, so perhaps a bird caught a lucky meal.
wild_child
Excellent shots!
ELR
excellent macro! Great!
taurus
Stunning captures.
Carlahoon
Wow, very good macrowork!!
Meowgli
Fascinating, great work!
misskitty
Incredible work, Bruce! Something about new life stirs something inside of me. Thanks for sharing this spectacular macro with us!
dochtersions
Really outstanding shots. So very sharp!!!!
Chipka
What an exciting collage! I love the quality and the colors! These are all marvelous on so many different levels. Your work will always impress me.