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Beefly - Xenox
Copyright © 2007 jim taylor

Beefly - Xenox
South Carolina, USA
Size: ~ 1 inch
large fly, let me get very close
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Contributed by jim taylor on 23 August, 2007 - 12:07pm
Last updated 10 February, 2008 - 1:23am

Moved
Moved from Bee Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 10 February, 2008 - 1:23am login or register to post comments

Xenox
Yes. And this shot must have had some post/photoshop production on it. Has an otherworldly, fly-from-another-planet look to it. Nice effect but disorienting.
… Herschel Raney, 23 August, 2007 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

 
And we accept photos only from this planet, right?
:-)
… Ron Hemberger, 23 August, 2007 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

 
That's a drag
I was just about to post some photos of the fauna of my homeworld.

I guess they'll have to be shared elsewhere.
… Brian E Womble, 23 August, 2007 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Womble
Is a suspiciously Venuvian name.
… Herschel Raney, 23 August, 2007 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

 
I expected better
Such a small view, Herschel. You're still thinking "inside the box" of this solar system!
… Brian E Womble, 23 August, 2007 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

 
LOL
You two are too much.
… Ron Hemberger, 23 August, 2007 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

Bee fly
That appears to be a bee fly of some sort, probably genus Xenox.
… Brian E Womble, 23 August, 2007 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

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