Another Thick-headed fly
Jul 12, 2019 23:15:53 #
Similar to the one I posted earlier: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-599085-1.html
Weird little flies.
Weird little flies.
Jul 13, 2019 01:54:09 #
Jul 13, 2019 07:53:15 #
Excellent shots Vic but I love the perspective in the first. Very interesting critter.
-Doc
-Doc
Jul 13, 2019 11:43:07 #
Jul 13, 2019 11:46:32 #
docshark wrote:
Excellent shots Vic but I love the perspective in the first. Very interesting critter.
-Doc
-Doc
Thanks Doc!
Jul 13, 2019 11:47:08 #
Jul 13, 2019 11:49:33 #
kpmac wrote:
Nicely done, Vic. That is a weird-looking fly.
Thanks! Indeed they are!
Jul 13, 2019 14:25:35 #
Lovely photographs. I have never seen one like that. Do they sting or are they harmless?
Dennis
Dennis
Jul 13, 2019 15:02:05 #
dennis2146 wrote:
Lovely photographs. I have never seen one like that. Do they sting or are they harmless?
Dennis
Dennis
They are flies, so no sting. Flies suck, and some like deer and horse flies 'bite' to make a wound for blood to suck up. I don't believe that these will bite. They are parasitic on bees.
Jul 13, 2019 15:06:12 #
Muddyvalley wrote:
They are flies, so no sting. Flies suck, and some like deer and horse flies 'bite' to make a wound for blood to suck up. I don't believe that these will bite. They are parasitic on bees.
Thanks for the explanation.
Dennis
Jul 13, 2019 16:24:57 #
Jul 13, 2019 16:45:58 #
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