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Proceroplatus
Photo#795904
Copyright © 2013
Robert Lord Zimlich
Predatory Fungus Fly -
Proceroplatus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
June 30, 2013
Size: BL≈3-4mm
Looks like a fly made from spare parts, including Derb*d wings and Pyralid legs. This looks like something created in PhotoShop :)
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Contributed by
Robert Lord Zimlich
on 30 June, 2013 - 10:56pm
Last updated 28 October, 2014 - 9:40pm
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LOL Thanks, John. Since I started shooting with MP-E, I see so much more detail, I don't even recognize some of my older shots :)
Robert
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 1 July, 2013 - 9:26am
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Keroplatidae
Keroplatidae. Something like
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John F. Carr
, 1 July, 2013 - 8:43am
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Keroplatidae/Mycetophilidae
something along those lines
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Brad Barnd
, 30 June, 2013 - 11:42pm
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One Piece at a Time.
I know
you
didn't do it in PhotoShop. You'd have made it look more realistic.
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Ron Hemberger
, 30 June, 2013 - 11:37pm
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Diverse Mimic
A fly built by the A-Team to mimic anything
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 30 June, 2013 - 11:42pm
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...or nothing.
pretty obvious hoax.. I don't know if I'd call this an "A-team"....
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Joe
, 1 July, 2013 - 1:35am
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How dare you!
Bob is the most serious minded person on this whole forum..he would never perpetuate a hoax..i personally have seen many flies just like this. Yukon jack rules!
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Edna Woodward
, 1 July, 2013 - 9:19am
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Thank you, Edna
Hemberger and I do love to kibitz :)
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 1 July, 2013 - 9:57am
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But I back right down...
...when he points his 62mm Canon my way.
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Ron Hemberger
, 1 July, 2013 - 12:41pm
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"pretty obvious hoax?"
You'd do well to know what you're talking about, before making such a
bold accusation
!
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 1 July, 2013 - 5:13am
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ah yes, well,
Now I'm clued in! Ya got me! ha!
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Joe
, 2 July, 2013 - 1:33am
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Thank you
.
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 2 July, 2013 - 11:44pm
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