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Syrphid

Syrphid

In the west coast, crocuses are a unique and beautiful sign of spring. Amidst a cluster of crocuses and buzzing honey bees, a syrphid-hover fly camouflages in i...
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In the west coast, crocuses are a unique and beautiful sign of spring. Amidst a cluster of crocuses and buzzing honey bees, a syrphid-hover fly camouflages in its midst, or so it thinks.

This photograph features a crocus with it's pedals sheltering a lone syrphid fly as it begins to feed on pollen rested upon the flower's orange stamen.
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II

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Aperture f/4.5 ISO 100 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 100/1

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Mar, 2016

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