Humongous Hoverfly by CavalierLady
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Description
This is a Mexican Cactus Fly.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/9910
http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=15455
It is a subspecies in the family Syrphidae - Syrphid Flies - that would be the family of Hoverflies!
When I saw this, I said "Ummmm.... we don't have black bumblebees here - we have large carpenter bees?!" Then I saw the eyes - the eyes of a hoverfly and not a bee, and nearly dropped my camera! Shy little dickens too; he sure didn't want me coming near. He is the size of a BUMBLEBEE, not the size of the tip of your little finger like most of the hoverflies I have photographed! Honestly, you could have knocked me over with a feather!
Thanks very much for your views and comments.
Comments (18)
Marvelous closeup !
I love that massive black backside!" Hoverflies are on of my favourite insect, so great to see this stranger.
wonderful fly and capture
You are finding a few strange insects lately Tex, how blessed you are. This is a great shot, and I wished we had those here in England.
Lol, thank Canon for 100mm lenses 8=) What a whopper, this would give me the creeps for sure! Brillant shot, you sure got strong nerves!
Nice catch; very hard to get that super focus; usually takes lots of shots - thanks for money saving digital!
wow, what a good shot... he does look like a bee.
Amazing capture Maria. God bless.
Fantastic, what a super-fly, and superb shot, Maria.
Excellent capture.
A spectacular look at the wings in zoom! An outstanding macro Maria!
I would guess it's buzz from flying probably is quite loud. what a great find and macro
very good close up
cool
There are many wonders in nature, that's for sure! Wonderful capture!
A wonderful macro by a true photo artist....5+++
OMG, the hoverfly that ate Detroit! What a big mother! Great work on the translucent wings. And you had the right equipment and foto acumen to capture it in this excellent shot, Maria.
Neat POV!