Images from 5/5/15
May 5, 2015 13:57:58 #
This Robber was a bit smaller than the one the other day as it could get all of it's feet on the branch tip. The Gnat (?) was very tiny. Looks like a bloodsucker too... The Beetle was underneath a leaf but I flipped it in post...
May 5, 2015 14:07:56 #
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May 5, 2015 16:24:17 #
Flyextreme wrote:
I thought it was too, except it's a different color than any other I have seen & it lacked cornicles at the back end of it's abdomen. Maybe a different species than what I normally see?Nice Robber :thumbup: I think your Gnat is an Aphid.
May 5, 2015 16:25:16 #
The Robber is a Family Asilidae (Robber Flies)
Subfamily Stenopogoninae
Genus Holopogon
Subfamily Stenopogoninae
Genus Holopogon
May 5, 2015 16:26:01 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Yep. It's an aphid. They often have more than one color variation in a given species. I thought it was too, except it's a different color than any other I have seen & it lacked cornicles at the back end of it's abdomen.... Maybe a different species than what I normally see ?
The last one looks a lot like the green june beetle, but it's different. I've seen them here also, and have taken a few shots, but don't have any that are noteworthy. I usually have the Raynox on the front of the lens, and big insects like this are tough to shoot without taking it off - Unless you want a closeup of the antennal club. LOL Nice shots.
May 5, 2015 23:08:04 #
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