the Magician by CavalierLady
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Description
I met an amazing little creature today, something completely new to me.
Much smaller than a honeybee and not segmented like a bee, he had a long forked "beak" and that drop of fluid just 'grew' from the base of the "fork".
He had flown to another perch, and the drop of fluid was gone, then I watched as it was magically emitted once again, the fork shape holding it in place.
What the purpose of this is or what the name of this insect is, I have no idea. Perhaps Leeco will know.
Thanks very much for your views and comments.
Comments (45)
WOW!!!!! What a fantastic detailed shot! Very well done!
Agree with David, top marks tex :)
This is really a sweet and precious capture! Truly amazing! Lea
Beautiful! Very nice work!!!
superb
WOW!! I am totally in awe and amazed at this capture !!!! you totally rock!!! WOW again!!!!
Such a great shot! I've never seen an insect like this either. It's a really great capture and the details are so clear, beautiful work :)
that's an amazing capture! well done!
looks like a Laphria grossa except for color of legs.I am thinking a fly mimic.they are so diverse in shapes and sizes.exceptional find and macro I am not Lee but maybe he will not mind me trying to answer
An excellent shot.
EXCELLENT MACRO :)
Fantastic capture.
Amazing macro! And not only that...an amazing find!
Cool capture Maria!
The details are incrdible. What a fantastic shot, perfect work!!
I can to you say which that am. It`s a bombyliidae! To get with difficulty! I succeeded only once and then was not very good the photo, because the small insect equivalent again away was! Your photo is so good that the word are missing to me! Wonderfully!!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombyliidae
Maybe it caught a cold? - Seriously, it's a great image! And isn't it wonderful to see something new? Ah, the "little" nature around is a real wonder ...
My goodness, what a perfect shot and so amazing is your story too. Thanks for sharing this. FAV !!!
He is gorgeous! How exciting, I hope you get an ID! A perfect pic, (of course!)
Excellent capture, well done
Wonderful macro.
SUPERB ! ! !
Absolutely amazing. Awesome photography!
It must be a white man Maria, in the cowboy films the Indians always say the white man speak with forked tongue. Lol. I was amazed to come across a forked proboscis a few weeks back, it was the peppered moth that I found that alerted me to the exsitence of it. Lee posted a moth with two proboscis and now this another forked one. I didn't realise there were that many genre of moths and flys until I joined RR. I hope you manage to get full ID for this beauty, it looks like an unusual specimen, and maybe the bubble blowing will help with the id of it. Excellent capture. Bravo!!!!!
impressive detailed macro capture, Maria. bravo !
Brilliant and impressive macrophoto my friend, fantastic detail.....!!!!
Super macro, just great:)
SUPERB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Such an interesting capture of this little one. Almost like he's making and blowing a glass bottle. Superb Macro shot. Aloha
Splendid close-up and a lovely title ;O)