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Stamen Lollipop

A hover fly in all of its honey bee mimicry resplendence steadies and sucks on the end of a Poinsettia stamen.

I don't yet own a macro lens, s...
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A hover fly in all of its honey bee mimicry resplendence steadies and sucks on the end of a Poinsettia stamen.

I don't yet own a macro lens, so this photo is a crop of my current go to 'macro' lens - my Nikkor 18-55mm kit lens.
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NIKON D5500

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Aperture 110/10 ISO 400 Shutter 10/10000 Focal Length 550/10

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May, 2016

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