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The heaviest fly
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Photo Information |
Copyright: Nikhil Patwardhan (NikhilBirder) (23) |
Genre: Animals |
Medium: Color |
Date Taken: 2011-05-25 |
Categories: Insects |
Camera: Nikon D100, Nikkor 28-70D |
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/250 seconds |
More Photo Info: [view] |
Photo Version: Original Version |
Date Submitted: 2011-09-27 20:52 |
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Points: 3 |
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[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Was at a nature park shooting macros when this fly came from nowhere and sat on the grass for a minute. It was still enough to click a couple of snaps, and then it disappeared as swiftly as it had arrived.
I liked the golden back and otherwise completely black body of this fly which was about twice the size of a house fly. Hope you enjoy it.
Clicked using a reversed lens, at around 1x magnification. |
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Family Rhagionidae: Chrysophilus thoracicus - adult female.
- tuslaw
(19883) - [2011-09-28 19:25]
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Hello Nikhil,
He didn't stick around long enough for you to capture the best shot, but good enough to identify him as a Golden-backed Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus thoracicus), Nice sharp focus on the head and part of it's back.
Ron
LOVE THIS! never EVER even knew this one existed...looks as if it was dipped in gold. HEY let me know if you win any money since this sighting; hehe "fortune fly"