Banana Trap
Not too sure why, but we have a lot of banana flies this year. So much so, I asked my wife to pick up some fly spray on her way home, as we don't keep any in the house. It is actually very uncommon in Finland, but I don't think there is a house in Australia without a can in the cupboard.
The shop didn't have any.
So she grabbed these sticky fly traps instead. I am not sure if they are better or worse, but they seem to do the job. And since they are trapped there on a piece if sticky card in the shape of a butterfly, I thought I would try to get a shot. These little suckers are about 3 mm in length, so they aren't exactly huge.
I have no idea how to get in close enough and maintain clarity, and I tried some extenders and a flash. It is late at night, so my patience isn't very high, but I took a few shots all the same to see if there was anything usable.
Not much.
But perhaps something interesting, so I edited them on my phone (Lightroom mobile) and think that despite the lack of detail, I still quite like them. I might try again with a few different settings sometime to see if I can improve the result.
What do you think?
Even at this resolution, can you imagine how incredible this view would have been in da Vinci's time? How much scientists could have learned about the world back then?And what impact it would have on us now?
Sometimes it is good to zoom out and see the bigger picture.
Taraz
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They are huge and look like bees. The healthiest thing to do is to get rid of these pests as far away from the house as possible.
They are so tiny!! :D
Wow, you have a shitload of them! Their big buggy eyes freak me out. We have fruit flies pretty bad around here at times and we use a similar sticky trap, although mine aren't butterfly shaped. They're just so damned annoying. Looks like yours are working like a charm!
They are red!
Some seem to have escaped the trap. Or have been born since and are "sticky natives" and can navigate their way out.
Wow, that is a lot of flies. Must just be the time of year. We have been getting stink bugs a lot lately.
You know, I don't think I have seen a stinkbug here. They used to be "fun" as a kid :)
My wife would not agree :)
Maybe you have all my fruit flies because this year we barely had any at all in Brooklyn. Only this past weekend have we even had any at all, and of course it was the new roomie getting a bit aggressive with her banana bunch early in the week.
You magnification is great. I know how small these little suckers are first hand, so those little clusters of them stuck on the paper is a pretty cool shot!
I am not sure what to make of this statement! :D
She bought a big bunch of bananas and couldn't finish it before the fruit flies showed up!
They look a bit like hairless bees because of their striped butts. But it is always fascinating to see how they have these 'huge' bodies, and they are able to fly with their flimsy looking and thin wings. I wonder if a bug zapper would work better against them.
You know, know that I think about it, I don't think I have ever seen a bug zapper here....
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The English monk Roger Bacon made a magnifying glass back in the 13th century. But I don’t know how many times it magnified the object and whether there were banana flies back then :)
People tried to enlarge objects even before our era, for example, Seneca had a glass ball filled with water to enlarge letters.
I am guessing there were banana flies somewhere - but where they were, who knows!
The impact it would have on me would be that I would be able to see the micro life among insects, flies and so on.
I think macro is a pretty good way to understand life. Lots of details - largely useless. :)
Recently our grocery shop had a renovation. Now it looks like a labyrinth. So when I go there I feel trapped just like those flies.
Lol - I hate shopping at different grocery stores, as I don't know where all my regular items are.
The flies really do get everywhere in warmer weather O_O
Think you didn't do too badly given macros are hard. I remember deleting a LOT of failed bee on flower shots when J was practising XD (and I don't know how many he deleted off the camera, the ones I deleted were ones he had left on because he wasn't sure with the dslr screen which turned out to be not great on my much bigger screen).
I'm pretty sure they had magnifying glasses in Da Vinci's time.
Normally at this time of year, it is under 10, but we have had some plus 20 days, so it is pretty rare.
This is a hard thing to do on a small screen. Even when zooming in, it crushes the preview so have to look at it on a larger screen.
Yes they did and earlier. But, how strong? I have no idea! Still, just imagine what someone like that could have done with some of our observational tech today.
Statistically there is at least one person like that around somewhere, it all depends on whether or not they're using their talents and whether or not other people care to listen to their geeky nonsense XD
The Trap gum them as they try to suck it, right? That will be much healthier to use at home than the chemical spray
I have no idea. Probably one day they will find out they cause cancer.
We’ve been over. With good ol’ fruit flies this year. Seems no matter where we get our produce, there they are. lol
I don't know if it will work with this type of fly... but I make traps using a little bit of apple cider or white vinegar and a few drops of dish soap in a glass of warm water. If you fill it until a nice head of bubbles pop up... they get attracted to the smell and get trapped in the bubbles and eventually drown. Give it a try if this trap is costly or if you just want to experiment. You can refill with more warm water (I say warm because it helps the smell become stronger to them) until more bubbles come if the bubble dissipate.
