Cosmic Photo Challenge: Down in the Grass
Tag: hoverfly
Flora in Disguise
An originally dark red member of the mallow family, enhanced by editing the background in negative mode. A yellow calliopsis with a pale green crab spiders as bonus. The calliopsis edited in the same way as the mallow. The negative effect used above didn’t work … Continue reading Flora in Disguise
Hoverfly
It looks like a dangerous insect. Yet, the black and yellow stripes are only a disguise. But the really typical feature of this syrphus fly (that the American name) is it’s capability to hover in the air, hence the British name.
But although they are quite common and although they look like they are still in the air – I haven’t photographed one hovering yet.
If you could just settle down!
Lepidoptophobia – the fear of flying insects.
A hover fly.
A colibri hawk moth.
It will (probably) be my last look to phobias but for anybody who wants to look into phobias I can offer:
- chiroptophobia = fear of bats
- gatopardophobia = fear of cheetahs
- mephitophobia = fear of skunks
- onomatophobia =fear of names
- autophobia = fear of being alone
- dentophobia = fear of dentists
- domatophobia = fear of houses
- nyctophobia = fear of the dark
- octophobia = fear of the figure 8
This is my twentieth square for Becky’s April Square Challenge.
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