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TitleFly Golden Baby, back, MD, Prince Georges County_2014-05-23-17.17.00 ZS PMax
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Rating5
VettedTrusted
Description
A Syrphid fly in the genus Microdon. A lovely bee mimic and one that I had not seen before. Critters in the Genus Microdon complete their larval life cycle inside ant nests. Beltsville, Maryland Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200, link to a .pdf of our set up is located in our profile
Original URLhttps://farm4.staticflickr.com/3702/14068786438_8554b3bf43_o.jpg
photographerUSGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
providerFlickr: EOL Images
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith