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robber fly & butterfly - Asilus sericeus
Copyright © 2004 Robin McLeod

robber fly & butterfly - Asilus sericeus
Skunk's Misery, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
July 24, 2004
In weedy ditch beside country road; The fly flushed several times before I could get an unobstructed shot, and each time it carried the sulphur horizontally below - giving the appearance of a fly riding on a "magic carpet"

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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 30 July, 2005 - 10:37am
Last updated 30 July, 2005 - 1:20pm

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