Unusual Black & White Fly

[Flunter]

Taken this evening.

 

[irw1]

Excellent captures imo! No 1 is my fav - the eyes and wings are superbly sharp, its well composed on a natural looking background. A very small crit would be the piece of wood in the lower right of the frame - its a tiny bit distracting for me.:shrug:

Top work overall though, thanks for sharing!

 

[Flunter]

Thanks Ian. I agree, the splinter is distracting, I didn't see it when taking the shot :shake:

 

[dod]

I didn't see it till it was pointed out, nice shot

 

[CT]

Cracking shot. I can't say I've seen a fly like that.

 

[Messiah Khan]

Nice capture, and I can't say ive ever seen one of those before either. My only criticism is that there is a yellow 'blob' on the body that could do with being cloned out imo.

 

[Flunter]

Thanks everyone

My only criticism is that there is a yellow 'blob' on the body that could do with being cloned out imo.

The "yellow blobs" are called halteres, which are the remnants of a fly's second pair of wings. This is how flies are separated from all other flying insects, which have four wings; flies are Diptera, which literally means "two wings".