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Ho(o)vering up nectar
Doc Duck

Ho(o)vering up nectar (Syrphus sp.)

Hoverfly nectaring. The larvae of these hoverflies eat aphids.
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Habitat
Botanical garden
Location
Ringve Botanical Garden, Trondheim, Norway
Date taken
31 July 2021
Scientific name
Syrphus sp.
Equipment used
Nikon 7500, Tamron 150-600
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KC Foggin
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A beautiful image of both the setting and the Hoverfly smack dab in the middle of this beautiful setting.
 
delia todd
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Gosh!! That's a very nicely focused macro Ann.

An excellent job lass, thanks.
 

Media information

Category
Invertebrates
Added by
Doc Duck
Date added
View count
781
Comment count
10

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7500
Aperture
ƒ/9.5
Focal length
600.0 mm
Exposure time
1/125 second(s)
ISO
400
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
aDSC_0418 (2).JPG
File size
624 KB
Date taken
Sat, 31 July 2021 5:10 PM
Dimensions
2077px x 2078px

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