Soldier Fly

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Soldier Fly

Postby xerubus on Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:11 pm

Found this soldier fly hovering around one of the gardenias...

C&C most welcome and appreciated.

Image

cheers
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Postby Yi-P on Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:21 pm

Havent seen this type of wasp before, interesting stuff :D

Great capture there 8)
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Postby xerubus on Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:28 pm

thanks mate... I hadn't see this type around either so chased it from bush to bush waiting for it to stay still... lucky to get this shot off and then it was gone.

very painful experience photographing something so dark with the midday sun.

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Postby colin_12 on Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:37 am

Mean looking fly isn't it.
Most of these are hard to get to sit still.
I'm glad you are patient Xerubus.
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Postby dawesy on Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:41 am

Amazing. You're doing some fantastic work with that macro lens. It's making me REALLY want one. I'm going on a trip to the Snowy Mountains in a couple of months and I hope to see a lot of detail I can point a marco at!!

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