Post di Mark McCaughrean

Mark McCaughrean

@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social

1 mese fa

Made a quick garden visit between (welcome) showers 🌧️

Expectations were low, but I was rewarded with a brief glimpse of this pretty little fly, probably Calloymia amoena.

Fairly rare – only 15 prior observations in DE on iNaturalist, & none around here on either iNat or GBIF. More common in NL though.

#Heidelberg 🏰
#Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
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#MacroPhotography 🔬
#InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
#BackGardenEntomology 🪲

A small fly seen side-on and from above on a green leaf with crimson tips. The fly has large red compound eyes separated by a white face, changing to black further back. The thorax is a patchwork of black and grey-white, with some large black bristles. The abdomen starts with two wide orange bands separated by a thin black on. Then two wide black bands separated by a medium-sized grey-white one – there is a black longitudinal cut through the latter band. There are smaller black bristles on the rear part of the abdomen. The wings are clear with a very simple strong black venation. The legs are orange at the top, with lots of small black hairs, turning darker lower down.

#photography #macrophotography #bugoftheday #heidelberg #insectsofmastodon #backgardenentomology

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