Fly - Eye and wing

[hkv]

I have no idea what species of fly this is. Found it on the floor. These are shot with MPlan Fluorites 10X. Full body 1.25X (APO)
Illumination through ping pong ball and Zeiss fiber optic illuminator. I have no idea why the wing ended up in such nice colors. There are no polarisers involved.

[Crater Eddie]

Wow! Beautiful images!
CE

[zzffnn]

Very nice!

It is common to see that interference color/structural color in insect wings or exoskeletons:

https://www.google.com/search?q=insect+ ... 0Q_AUIBygB

http://m.pnas.org/content/108/2/668.full

[Peter]

Hi HKV,
Looks to me like a fruit fly, many species world wide.
Peter.

[billbillt]

I will echo all the others posted.. WOW!!.. You have got this down to a science...

BillT

[hkv]

Thank you all! I never realised (until now) how deep stacks are needed for these type of subjects. The fly's eye is 200 deep. Normally for my biological objectives, 5-20 is enough, but these requires much more work.

[Rodney]

Nice image captures, looks like a species of fruit fly to me also.
Rodney

[hkv]

Yes, might be a fruit fly, but It is much bigger than a "normal" fruit fly. This fly is approx. 8 mm long (almost 1/3 of an inch).