Just a quick reminder now barbie-season is almost upon us (in the Northern Hemisphere anyway). When you see a fly sat on your food, this is what he's dabbling in the stomach contents he sicked-up on it. Bon appetit!
Proboscis of a Flesh Fly
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Nice image!
This looks like the same structure that I explored in http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=16216 , http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=16257 , and the overview athttp://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=16348 .
Do those look about right, at least as far as you can tell without seeing stereo?
--Rik
Edit: I just saw your other post at http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=37179 . So, a different sort of fly, but quite similar proboscis.
This looks like the same structure that I explored in http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=16216 , http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=16257 , and the overview athttp://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=16348 .
Do those look about right, at least as far as you can tell without seeing stereo?
--Rik
Edit: I just saw your other post at http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=37179 . So, a different sort of fly, but quite similar proboscis.
Thanks Rik. Great set at the links you provided. The details on mine weren't as well defined as I'd hoped, so I didn't bother going in closer. Don't know if that was my photography or the proboscis itself. This was taken with a 20x Mitty on a 200mm tube lens and APS-C (and cropped) so I only had 50x left to go anyway. Having said that, a blowfly is nearly twice the size of a flesh fly, and this one has dried over a couple of days too, so those could be factors.
Sounds like you need more practice interpreting 2d images too
Sounds like you need more practice interpreting 2d images too
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Flesh Fly
Another nice stack, dude. I believe that we microscopists swim in a sea of experience and observation
unknown to the masses. A few years ago I had an exhibit of insect macros and all of the viewers had no idea what was living around them.
On another note, the diversity of mouth parts in Diptera is bewildering.
A moose, a mouse and a human all have pretty much the same mouth parts.
Mike
unknown to the masses. A few years ago I had an exhibit of insect macros and all of the viewers had no idea what was living around them.
On another note, the diversity of mouth parts in Diptera is bewildering.
A moose, a mouse and a human all have pretty much the same mouth parts.
Mike
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Re: Proboscis of a Flesh Fly
H.R. Geiger never thought of anything like that.Beatsy wrote:Just a quick reminder now barbie-season is almost upon us (in the Northern Hemisphere anyway). When you see a fly sat on your food, this is what he's dabbling in the stomach contents he sicked-up on it. Bon appetit!