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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Hover Fly
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 16:23:38 -0500
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Thanks.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342 at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Hover Fly


> It's a great shot, at any angle. I should have mentioned that in my first 
> post of the thread. :-0
>
> Jeffery
>
>
> On Jul 3, 2013, at 4:15 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Jeffery,
>>
>> I have several images, but all are pretty much from the same angle.  The 
>> one I posted is the sharpest of the lot.  I can see only the single 
>> stripe.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342 at 
>> gmail.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 4:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Hover Fly
>>
>>
>>> I can't tell if there are 2 stripes on the thorax or just the one. It 
>>> would be unusual for there to be a single, median stripe so I'm guessing 
>>> that the other one is out of the line of sight.
>>>
>>> Jeffery
>>>
>>> On Jul 3, 2013, at 3:58 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jeffery,
>>>>
>>>> It was about the size of a large house fly, maybe just a little larger. 
>>>> The markings are similar to a Sun Fly, but there are many variations.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" 
>>>> <jsmith342 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 3:54 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Hover Fly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It looks like one of the wasp/hornet mimics. What size was it? 
>>>>> Housefly size or larger?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeffery
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 3, 2013, at 3:50 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Seeing all of the discussion of flies and bees on the LUG today, I 
>>>>>> challenged myself to find one that I had not seen previously.  I 
>>>>>> first tried with the Leica Elmarit-R 60, but could not get a sharply 
>>>>>> focused image.  Went back out with the little ZD 35 Macro, with AF, 
>>>>>> and bagged this one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A search indicates it is a Hover Fly, but the exact type is 
>>>>>> impossible for me to determine.  The eye spacing indicates it is 
>>>>>> probably a female.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=6986
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>>>
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