Eristalis tenax covered with pollen.

I saw this only one time and was able to take a picture. Never seen this sinds.
This is a Drone fly or in dutch Blind Bee. which is covered with pollen. (Please zoom in on the picture to see the star like pollen).

comments (23)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

This is insane, once again. I'm running out of words to compliment you. Thank you b y the way for sharing in full resolution, did you find the "load original" feature yet? I would have never imagined the pollen to be star-shaped but they really are, incredible. Posted 9 years ago
1. JHoppenbrouwers
  
  Grizzly Bear
  
  Thanks for the compliment! I didn't find the load original feature yet, but i would really like to! Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Cool, I'm sure you will like it. Just open any photo full screen by clicking on it. In the top right corner there will be a button "Load original", click it and wait for it to finish loading. Next, you can zoom in very deeply into the original size image, which obviously works best if the photo owner has uploaded in high resolution. The button will only appear when you are logged in and when the owner of the photo you are viewing has this setting enabled, which is true by default.
    
    To give you an extreme example:
    http://www.jungledragon.com/image/12485/epic_mega_panorama_of_tarangire_river_tanzania.html/zoom
    
    Try it on that one, it's a 200MP photo, you can zoom in very very deeply. Posted 9 years ago
  2. 1. RMFelix
      
      Lion
      
      Very good, this post has gave some ideas ;) Posted 9 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Tell me :) Posted 9 years ago
      2. JHoppenbrouwers
        
        Grizzly Bear
        
        Sorry, something went wrong with the reply. But i really like the feature you build into the site to load in full!! Did it on all my pictures and it is fun to see when you zoom in and klick it, it really gets much sharper. (the only site so far that i know that can do that!) Posted 9 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Yes, it works great on your images since you upload them in such high resolution, thank you for that. It's the true original like you uploaded it, untouched by any compression or resizing. There is no resolution limitation in your uploads, for as long as the file is below 15MB.
        
        Anyway, glad you like it! Posted 9 years ago
        
        JHoppenbrouwers
        
        Grizzly Bear
        
        I already told this is a really good and fun site to some of my Zoom.nl friends and
        followers.
        You really did a good job with this superb site! Posted 9 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        That is very nice of you, we certainly could use a whole lot more members, it's kind of an undiscovered gem, many people do not know it exists. Thanks once again! Posted 9 years ago
        
        JHoppenbrouwers
        
        Grizzly Bear
        
        It is really is an undiscovered gem! I have only seen it in the flickr group "macro for scientists" it really should have a bigger podium! Posted 9 years ago
    3. JHoppenbrouwers
      
      Grizzly Bear
      
      Thanks! didn't know that! Makes the site even better! I always (when possible) load images in full
      resolution. But until now never found one that can actually show it, like i see it on my computer. Posted 9 years ago

RMFelix

Lion

Insanly good ;) Great capture! Posted 9 years ago
1. JHoppenbrouwers
  
  Grizzly Bear
  
  Thanks :) ! Posted 9 years ago

Mark Ridgway

Lion

Another superb macro. Those pollen look great. What a messy diner. Posted 9 years ago

Ari Parviainen

King Cobra

This is really amazing. Do you know which plant the pollen has come from? It looks really interesting. Posted 9 years ago
1. JHoppenbrouwers
  
  Grizzly Bear
  
  I dont know sadly. This was the only critter that was covered with the pollen that day. It really stood out among the rest! Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. Ari Parviainen
    
    King Cobra
    
    I'm sure it did. I've never seen that kind of pollen before. What I've seen is smaller and yellow but I have to look more carefully from now on :). Posted 9 years ago

karthik_ak

Lion

Stunning image!! Posted 9 years ago
1. JHoppenbrouwers
  
  Grizzly Bear
  
  Thanks! :) Posted 9 years ago

Annette Flottwell

Lion

Wonderful shot!!!!
really deserves all the praise!!
May I pleeease ask you how you do it.. the exif looks as silly as from my Venus 15mm.

Posted 9 years ago
1. JHoppenbrouwers
  
  Grizzly Bear
  
  Thanks for the nice comment!
  This is a link to an article i wrote on reversed lens photography. It is in Dutch but with a dutch-english translator should be easily readable http://www.derooijfotografie.nl/macrofotografie-met-een-omgedraaide-lens/ Posted 9 years ago

Lars Korb

Lion

Wow. What a shot. Posted 7 years ago

Flavio

Lion

Very nice indeed sir, great shot! Posted 3 years ago

The Common Drone Fly

"Eristalis tenax" is a common, migratory, cosmopolitan species of hover fly. It is the most widely distributed syrphid species in the world, and is known from all regions except the Antarctic. It has been introduced into North America and is widely established. It can be found in gardens and fields in Europe and Australia. It has also been found in the Himalayas.

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Similar species: True Flies

Species identified by JHoppenbrouwers