Fly head, proboscis extended

Beatsy · Post by **Beatsy** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:59 am

Won't be winning any awards for composition but this shows some of the more interesting features quite well, I thought. 10x mitty.

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:38 am

Nice
Is that the same fairly-hairy fly as http://photomacrography.net/forum/viewt ... 251#206251 ?
I don't think it's a tachinid though.

Is it?

Beatsy · Post by **Beatsy** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:42 am

Different fly. Similar to the last but metallic gold colouring rather than metallic green.

mortenoen · Post by **mortenoen** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:10 pm

That is just an insanely good picture! Wow!

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:29 pm

Nicely shot. The proboscis structure looks similar to the blowfly that I shot at http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=16216 .

--Rik

abpho · Post by **abpho** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:35 pm

Nice work. The hairs came out so clear. I love the clarity of the feathery structure in the to left of the image.

Deanimator · Post by **Deanimator** » Sun Feb 26, 2017 6:45 pm

It looks great to me, certainly better than any insect macro I've ever done.

[Admin edit RJL: remove superfluous quote of entire original post]

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:18 am

Awards or not, stunning image.

Mike