Teeny Tiny Flying Thing - Forcipomyia

Moved

… John F. Carr, 7 August, 2014 - 5:16pm

Beautiful Photo!

Ashley,
How did you get such a sharp shot of a 1-2mm midge?
Robert

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 28 October, 2012 - 6:04pm

Haha, thank you!

I like to check out all the odd specks that show up around my patio lights. ;) I use a Canon PowerShot S5 + a Raynox DCR-250 and off-camera flash.

Your images are all gorgeous (I'm more familiar with them from Flickr). One of these days I'll be able to afford a "real" macro lens for my "real" camera that I only just bought this year - for birding, so my money this year went to the camera itself + a 100-400mm lens. Maybe next year I'll get the macro. But I've enjoyed this combo that I have for several years now, and the way it allows me to take photos more spontaneously.

… Ashley Bradford, 28 October, 2012 - 6:14pm

Moved

Moved from Biting Midges.

… John F. Carr, 2 January, 2012 - 7:43pm

The Antennae...

look like feathers. Neat! I think it is possibly some kind of a Midge.

… Scott Justis, 19 October, 2008 - 8:07pm

Looks like a biting midge/punkie/no-see-um...

...in the Ceratopogonidae. See here.

… Peter Edelman, 19 October, 2008 - 9:18pm

Ack

You're right! Glad it was mesmerized by the blacklight instead of looking for blood! Thanks.

… Ashley Bradford, 20 October, 2008 - 12:20pm

No worries,

as your page already indicates, it's a male, and males don't bite ;-)

… Emile, 1 October, 2010 - 3:00pm

Oh good!

But if it was there, there are probably girls around too... o_O

… Ashley Bradford, 1 October, 2010 - 3:38pm

Thanks for the guess -

I'm thinking it might be, too, because of those big donut-y things at the base of the antennae like I've seen on other midges.

… Ashley Bradford, 19 October, 2008 - 8:09pm

Lovely.

Nice to see you back here, Ashley:-) What a fantastic image! Don't worry, the majority of biting midges feed on the blood of other insects. No, I'm serious! Keep up the great work.

… Eric R. Eaton, 20 October, 2008 - 3:43pm

Hi Eric!

Really, other insects' BLOOD? I didn't even know insects had "blood". I guess the important part was that I didn't feel any biting myself. =)

I have been collecting tons of pictures over the warm months, so I'm sure you'll be seeing more of me on here again as I sort through them.

… Ashley Bradford, 20 October, 2008 - 3:51pm