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Greenfly in Mortal Danger

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Posted by Scott Tilley on June 15, 2009 at 3:09 AM
Greenfly in Mortal Danger
Have a lot of these in the garden at the moment (lots of Greenfly Also) . Comments welcome.

Canon 50d, Sigma 105 Macro. 1/160 @ F8 ISO 400.
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 15, 2009 at 3:46 AM
Cool, like the drama, looks like the spider's going bowling.

Tim
Posted by Lewis Thomson on June 15, 2009 at 3:57 AM

Hi Scott,

Nice one! Really like the colour of the leaf, although the oof red area on the right maybe a little distracting for some.

Cheers,

Lewis.
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Posted by Justin on June 15, 2009 at 4:05 AM
A very apt title and a good and interesting image. :cool:
Posted by David Sewell on June 15, 2009 at 4:17 AM
Great shot. Any idea what sort of spider it is, other than female?

David
Posted by Matt Cole on June 15, 2009 at 4:23 AM
a nice shot Scott, well taken. It looks like a nursery web spider to me (but I could be wrong). There seem to be aphids everywhere at the moment.

Matt
Posted by Tom Smit on June 15, 2009 at 4:51 AM
Great shot. I do like the compo and the story (certainly not a happy one for the fly I suppose).
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Posted by Jorne de Bruin on June 15, 2009 at 4:53 AM
Great story telling image, I really like the comp and the leaf here! :wavey:
Posted by Scott Tilley on June 15, 2009 at 4:54 AM
Hi, thanks for your comments, and I think Matt is spot on with Nursery web spider. It could be my imagination but on the full size image it looks as if the spider is eyeballing the greenfly :eek:

Scott
Posted by PhilH on June 15, 2009 at 5:07 AM
Like it... the one minor nit has been mentioned, (for me it is really minor), I like the almost pastel shades of the image.

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on June 15, 2009 at 5:16 AM
A fantastic behavioural image.

Robert
Posted by Paul King on June 15, 2009 at 11:55 AM
Nice shot, wonder how oftern the female drops th sack to feed? if it all.
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on June 16, 2009 at 2:21 AM
Striking shot. Well done.
Posted by Fran French on June 16, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Very nice indeed!

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Posted by David Taylor on June 17, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Very dramatic. An excellent image indeed.

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