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03-MAY-2006 Doug Smith

Doug Smith - Beefly (Bombylius)
by Doug Smith

Stingless beeflies mimic real bees as a mean of protection from animals afraid of bee stings. They visit flowers, are yellow and hairy and buzz. This one is a bit smaller than a honeybee and required 200mm with all three Kenko tubes and the 1.4x Tamron converter to capture.

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/200s f/16.0 at 200.0mm iso400 with Flash 1.4x Tamron converter full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Carole Stevens04-May-2006 22:22
Lovely shot one of mt fav insects but never got a front on pik before! This is beautiful macro GMV! Here's my attempt not as good as yours though!
http://www.pbase.com/carole_s/image/59335654
Janet Forjan-Freedman04-May-2006 15:42
Excellent shot Doug! Janet
Guest 04-May-2006 05:53
Fantastic shot..
Sayer04-May-2006 04:33
Nice shot! I think they are so cool looking.
Guest 04-May-2006 03:00
Very nice capture. You let us hav e a great close up view.
Bobbie 04-May-2006 00:34
Just beautiful! Perfect in my view.
Rod Rees 03-May-2006 17:38
Very nice capture. Ditto everything Dawn said.
dawn03-May-2006 16:53
wow... this is great. I love how you've managed to catch the detail in his "face" yet retaining the motion in the wings with just a hint of their irridescence.