Robberfly sitting on the road

[MacroLuv]

This robberfly was posing a couple of seconds for me, surprisingly tolerant for my little camera getting close. I think, this little thing between two large compound eyes is ocelli, a simple eye. The short, strong proboscis is also nicely visible as like antennae, spiny legs, dense moustache of bristles on the face and some kind of sword-like ovipositor at rear side. Transparent wings makes coloured shadow on the road surface. What is that orange on spiny legs, remains of prey or something else?



Camera model Olympus SP-320
Date/time 16.08.2006/14:03:07
Exposure time 1/640 s
F-number f/5
ISO 64
Focal length 8 mm

[Erland R.N.]

Great details in this photo, due to sharpness and also quite large depth of field. I think these flies are great macro subjects, but rarely find them. But when I do I give it a go for a picture.

Maybe the fly would stand out a bit better from the background if it sat on a green leave or something, but you probably could not ask the fly to fly to some better place

[rjlittlefield]

The orange looks very tidy & symmetric. Seems to be on the first and last segments of the tarsus of each leg. I'd bet on hairs, like the ones on my snout beetle's tarsal pads.

This is a nice shot. The robber and assassin flies that I usually see, won't let me get close to them.

--Rik

[beetleman]

Great shot Nikola, nice and sharp.

[Gordon C. Snelling]

Nice shot, Good job with the capture, they usually arent that cooperative