Swordsmen or Who is it?!? by praep
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Hi there.
This little guy I found in our garden on the Easter-Weekend. I know now who or what it is, but I like to ask you about any ideas ;-)
He or she is about 18-20mm tall (or small *g*) and has a long "needle" on the head. Like some kind of unicorn. They hover in the air like hummingbirds.
Please zoom for some details - the next days I will show some more shots and will give you the solution about the species ...
Comments (13)
From the Systoechus family? Not a biologist by any means, but googling "needle nose fly" brought up identical specimens. Nice shot down low- thats a good angle! Nice depth of field too. Tsk, Tsk... Looks like your still using the camera in auto mode though. ;)
Super and beautiful photo. Nice capture.
Very beautiful macro shot my friend, excellent capture.
Markus, this is a Bee-fly, Bombylius major! Your are a lucky man!
Andrea. Great guess. That's right. They are very nervous and I was robbing around on my belly through the lawn to get some close-up's. I think I shot one laying his eggs on the ground - shown on one of the next shots.
The bee fly is a fast little pollenator. Well captured here.
You did very nice pic! EXT!
Great bee fly shot! They don't stay in one place for long, that's for sure, well captured!
ufffffffff!! so dangerous.
lovely shot markus x
I have never seen an insect like this and I guess I haven't heard of it so far, neither. Quite interesting animal, great close-up!
nasty stinger on that guy, glad he did not chose you for a sting, cool pic..
all I know is the "sword" is used to drink nectar. obvious an excellent macro