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Garden Fly, more like...
mikfoz

Garden Fly, more like... (Musca domesticus)

This housefly is showing why it's not just the bees that deserve some good press for pollinating flowering plants.
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Location
Garden, UK
Date taken
13/4/09
Scientific name
Musca domesticus
Equipment used
Pentax K10D - Sigma 50-500
mikfoz
It's not the best macro lens but you can snap from far enough away to not spook things. The sweet spot seems to be around 200-300mm for size:pic ratio but it's handy having the zoom range if you haven't got time to shift position.
 

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Invertebrates
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