Shot this one in Norfolk last week with my 300f4 and 1.4x. Its about twice the size of a normal bluebottle etc and i cant seem to track down an ID.
Commments and ID ideas welcome
Stan
Commments and ID ideas welcome
Stan
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Looks like a horseflyef-r -
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Yuck...in the nicest possible way Stan :p
Very sharp image - so must have been very close - were you wearing 100% deet?
Joanne xTo be born Welsh is to be born privileged. Not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but music in your blood and poetry in your soul.Comment
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No idea what make or model insect this is Stan, but well captured.Canon 6D & 7D | Light Room + CS6 |
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Cheers guys
having re read the page in the Collins book, I think you are spot on BrianLooks like a horsefly
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It was the spike at the front which looked familliar. As an ex horse owner I had too many encounters with them
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Great shot Stan, but a good one of these vicious little things is a splattered one.
When they bite you they actually slice a small circular piece of your skin with the "spike" at the front which causes a large red painful swelling that lasts for about a week.
I was on one of my horses about to start a polo match when it was bitten by a couple of Horse Flies and it was an "interesting" experience to say the least.
I think this one may be a Deer Fly though as the Horse Fly is black/grey whereas the Deer Fly has yellow/orange bands. The Horse Fly will attack livestock whilst the Deer Fly will attack humans.
In both cases it is the female which does the attacking.
So "SPLAT" the next one you see before it has a go at you.
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Looking in the Collins book which lists 8 types of horse flies - I would guess at tabanus sudeticus
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Call it what you like but I will call it.... Splaticus deadibusOriginally posted by briansquibb View PostDavidComment
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I thought your were really clever and well read - only after a secong look ....Lol!Originally posted by djguk47 View PostCanon 6D & 7D | Light Room + CS6 |
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