Drone Fly by Enmos

Photography • Animals • posted on Apr 27, 2005

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Thanks for viewing !! :o) -- Drone Flies (Eristalis tenax) can be seen in everybody's garden in summer. Larvae of the Drone Fly are very remarkable. They live in stale and very polluted water with almost no oxygen. As a solution to this problem they developed a very long tube on the backside of the body. This tube is put out of the water like a kind of a periscope and is used to breath through. This tube is probably the reason why in Dutch they are called Rat's Tail Larvae. The Drone Fly immitates the common Honey Bee. It is more robust, shiny and a little darker though. The two animals are also easily told apart by the eyes: Drone Flies have very large eyes, typical of flies. Hope you like :o) - Thanks for all your wonderful comments on my last upload, "Blue Anemone" !! -- Many thanks, Jeroen

Comments (52)

4:43PM | Wed, 27 April 2005

Jeroen....a beaut :)

5:28PM | Wed, 27 April 2005

Lovely color!!!

5:34PM | Wed, 27 April 2005

how very drone!! perfectly shot ;]

6:09PM | Wed, 27 April 2005

Interesting information on this insect. Beautifully captured.

6:15PM | Wed, 27 April 2005

amazing color, the green in the leaf is my favorit shade!!! eceptional clarity and sharpness!!! very well done!!!

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9:46PM | Wed, 27 April 2005

Always amazing photos and amazing facts to go with!!!!! thanks!!!!!

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11:18PM | Wed, 27 April 2005

Beautiful shot Jeroen. :^)

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12:37AM | Thu, 28 April 2005

Beautiful shot, interesting words.

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1:40AM | Thu, 28 April 2005

excellent macro,good sharpness and beautiful colours

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2:38AM | Thu, 28 April 2005

Excellent macro. Nice angle.....Aloha

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Georges_H_Hoens

4:26AM | Thu, 28 April 2005

Already friends, as much as we see them under our lenses... great shot Jeroen. Wish you a nice day. G.

4:30AM | Thu, 28 April 2005

Excellente macro, bravo Jeroen !!!

7:01AM | Thu, 28 April 2005

so sharp and crisp. a fantastic macro as usual,Jeroen !!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!!

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2:36PM | Thu, 28 April 2005

Yep, Gerhard said already... so sharp and crisp. A fantastic macro as usual, Jeroen!

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9:21PM | Thu, 28 April 2005

Have to repeat that. Excellent macro photography!

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11:14AM | Fri, 29 April 2005

I am trying to get caught up on rosity on my lunch....glad I didn't miss this one! Par Excellent as always! ;0) VOTE

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5:11PM | Fri, 29 April 2005

This, you know, is a great shot...fantastic!! :0)

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2:47PM | Sat, 30 April 2005

breathtaking colored and lighted macro! brilliant sharpness and details! :o)))

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11:24PM | Sat, 30 April 2005

Very cool image, and great detail. Congrats...

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3:17PM | Tue, 03 May 2005

c'est beau!

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11:23AM | Tue, 10 May 2005

Superb capture, once again! And fascinating infos as usual! :)

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10:06AM | Sun, 19 June 2005

Ah... just a fly but man what are they beautiful.

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