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Just seen one, for the first time in my life

Every day's a school day - never heard of 'em before!

Nor had I, it was Ovenpaa's son who identified it for us.

It has a long proboscis that it uses to feed on nectar, it was on primroses prior to the picture being taken.

Ovenpaa spotted it, my reaction was "what on earth is that"

Here's one I shot this afternoon............not dark edged, though.

Pete

Pete wrote:

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Here's one I shot this afternoon............not dark edged, though.
Pete

What Macro lens are you using, Pete?

This was taken with a Nikon 300mm AF-S 1:4 D plus a TC14-E ll convertor on a D810 at a distance of around 2 metres.
Not a macro lens as such.
I was just enjoying tea in the sunshine while blatting hand held at a some lungwort plants that were covered in these flies.
It was the only shot out of around 20 that was worth keeping...................

Pete

That sounds like quite a setup! Are you a professional photographer, or just a very keen 'amateur'?

Great result, in any case!

That's a very nice picture Pete. I remember trying to take a picture of a Hummingbird Hawk Moth a few years ago, all I got was a blur...

Technical photography was part of my job, back in the day...............nowadays, I'm just an amateur who likes using nice stuff...............
Although shooting's mothballed for the foreseeable, I still have plenty of other nice toys to play with

Pete

There appears to be quite a lot of them around this year. Either that or I'm spending too much time in my garden.