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Unknown Robberfly (Male)


Unknown Robberfly (Male)
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Copyright: Robert Brown (Robbrown) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1211 W: 90 N: 2159] (6062)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-09-14
Categories: Insects
Camera: SONY DSC F-707, Carl Zeiss 9.7-48.5, Digital ISO 100
Exposure: f/8, 1/50 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Flies - Moscas - Mouches [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-09-17 19:29
Viewed: 984
Points: 14
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This is a bit unusual for me to be posting a Totally unknown. Any ideas please.

Well its not quiet so unknow now thanks .
No deffinative ident but a couple of hints that to paul and Gerhard
names for people to consider are
1) Neoitamus cyanurus - Common Awl Robberfly
2) Dysmachus trihonus
3) Machimus rusticus
It is almost certainly a male becuse of the lump on the tail end, Ive not managed to find any images that where close enough, but suspect that not every type has had its picture taken.
The fly is about 20mm long colours are about right it is seen on a cross bar of a plain wooden gate in an open area of scrubby birch trees, some bracken where some pine trees have been harvested from. These lowland coniferwoods are in the large area of what is now a public parkland, it looks like a form of horse fly but It is longer in the body than most I have seen.This was taken about 50 meters from where the last lot of fungi were photographed.
Adjustment to image.
saturation +8 lightness +3
brightness +3 contrast +3
sharpen edges and fade back in pin light to 75% strength.
crop atleast 50% to 800px wide
hope somebody can point me in a speies direction at least.
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Like your fly Robert, At first glance you miss the absence of color. With closer inspection though, you see not only the great detail of your subject but the rough weathered texture & grain of the wood that surrounds. Like the opposing angles I see also. It's different!!

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2004-09-18 4:20]

I am with Gerhard here, it's a Robber Fly Robert! Funnily enough I've got some very similar pictures of this fly on wood, I think mine is a felmale. I saw a few of them and they seem to prostrate themselves on the wood to soak up it's warmth and bask in the sun.

Good picture nice tones and good composition.

Hi Robert. The photo is great. The earthy tones has a nice feel to it. The details are very sharp. I think this is a Robber Fly (Family: Asilidae)rather than a horse fly (Family: Tabanidae). The later's wings extends beyond the abdomen. There are about 500 species only in SA. It's gonna be a tuff nut to crack. (Points tomorrow)

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  • Callie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1132 W: 105 N: 2609] (7531)
  • [2004-09-18 10:50]

Robert, this looks like family to what I know as a :blinde vlieg;,a blid fly, who is not blind at all and can "sting" you with its probiscus - spelcheck!
Other than that, you experts are probably right.
Nnce capture etc, but I wuld crop a bit off the top.

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
  • [2004-09-18 15:56]

The textures are stunning and I am glad that you posted this.

It's a nice shot of this fly.
We can see a lot of details of the subject but also the textures of the wood around it.

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2004-09-18 19:38]

Extraña y horrible a la vez.
Buena captura, por su nitidez, a pesar de confundirse algo con el fondo de la escena.

Strange and horrible simultaneously. Good capture, by its sharpness, in spite of being confused something with the bottom of the scene.

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