Iron Blue

When I first saw this tiny fellow, I thought it was two flies or an emerging fly and, despite its conspicuous appearance, it's taken a while to work out what it is.  In the end, I'm concluding it's a male Iron Blue from the river world.  He wasn't near a river, and although not that far from a stream, I still do feel quite honoured to have seen him.  

It was only a month or so ago that I thought I probably wouldn't be bothered about getting my macro lens out this summer but there's an awesome feeling I get looking through a magnifying glass at the perfectly formed, miniscule beasts of beauty from the hedgerows.