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23-MAY-2006 Sayer

Weird Fly?

In our garden

Tiny little thing. I used 4x (4 times life-size) magnification and I still had to crop the photo quite a bit.

Canon EOS 350D ,Canon MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5X Macro
1/200s f/16.0 at 65.0mm iso100 with Flash hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time23-May-2006 18:21:08
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length65 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/16
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programprogram (1)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium original auto
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RA 25-Apr-2014 14:47
Some kind of Lace Bug. Not a Fly.
Guest 10-Aug-2011 18:29
ha ha noo its not a wierd bug its a fly sheding its skin lol
Guest 10-Aug-2011 18:27
ha ha noo its not a wierd bug its a fly sheding its skin lol
Guest 18-Aug-2010 17:36
I just found one of these guys on me after taking a walk outside; unfortunately I didn't have my camera so I couldn't get a picture. I'm glad I was able to find this one to see what the little thing actually looks like. I can tell it's the same one because of the strange markings on the wings and the big head. Thanks for the amazing picture. Great job!

Patti
Guest 18-Aug-2010 17:35
I just found one of these guys on me after taking a walk outside; unfortunately I didn't have my camera so I couldn't get a picture. I'm glad I was able to find this one to see what the little thing actually looks like. I can tell it's the same one because of the strange markings on the wings and the big head. Thanks for the amazing picture. Great job!

Patti
Terry Thormin19-Jul-2006 16:07
This is a true bug in the family Tingidae. They are called Lace Bugs. Great photo!
Guest 05-Jul-2006 04:37
I'm still looking, and keeping all these odd ones in mind when I do. Most times I find what something is while looking for something different. So many of the tiny ones go undocumented with photos tho'. Impossible to find info on most of the leafhoppers I run across, so not sure I'll ever see this guy again.
Guest 04-Jun-2006 20:52
Just had to take another look at this weird thing. I reckon a film maker would be interested in this for ideas in sci fi outfits ;-)
Guest 26-May-2006 13:37
What a cool looking fly - its what I would imagine a miniature Jurassic thing to look like lol. You did extremely well to get the detail that you have with such a tiny bug.
Guest 26-May-2006 13:29
My only way to begin to get these tiny things with any magnification is using a reversed lens, and then the dof is SO little it's not realy usable except in few situations. When I see shots like this, it makes me wonder how much I'm missing since most the insects I run across are too small for me to shoot. Thanks for sharing.
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