Fruit fly photo

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11 Jun 2010, 12:00 pm

I left out a few fruit peelings until some fruit flies (drosophila) turned up. I like the clear image of the haltere, the stick-and-ball orientation and balance organ that replaces the hind wing in flies.

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11 Jun 2010, 12:25 pm

Photogenic red eye topic

I think the red eye is a dominant colour for the drosophilia. Very useful insect in genetic research.

A lovely pic. Thanks. Would make a nice screen saver/poster.

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11 Jun 2010, 2:06 pm

Insects are scary! :pale:

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11 Jun 2010, 3:07 pm

^^ Wooooowwwww very well done for your magical photograph StuartN, and thankee very much for posting your happy photograph here. I believe he or she is a very lovely fly.

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11 Jun 2010, 8:14 pm

Nice drosophila photo!

Useful insect indeed.

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