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Jan 27, 2021 17:33:37   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
This is a Crane Fly that I preserved last spring by putting it in a pill bottle along with a mothball to kill any microscopic scavengers that like to munch on departed insects. I inspected it this morning to see how it was holding up and of course the best way to do that is to stage it for a focus stacking session.

They are absolutely harmless and many do not have any mouthparts at all and as adults their only focus is on mating. Those few adult species that do have mouthparts that do eat tend to drink nectar from flowers.


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Jan 27, 2021 17:36:36   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Wow! Neat.

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Jan 27, 2021 17:53:04   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
Longshadow wrote:
Wow! Neat.


Thanks for viewing.

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Jan 27, 2021 17:57:26   #
frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a Crane Fly that I preserved last spring by putting it in a pill bottle along with a mothball to kill any microscopic scavengers that like to munch on departed insects. I inspected it this morning to see how it was holding up and of course the best way to do that is to stage it for a focus stacking session.

They are absolutely harmless and many do not have any mouthparts at all and as adults their only focus is on mating. Those few adult species that do have mouthparts that do eat tend to drink nectar from flowers.
This is a Crane Fly that I preserved last spring b... (show quote)


Well done?

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Jan 27, 2021 18:01:00   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
I swear I saw that thing on the scify channel!

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Jan 27, 2021 18:37:01   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
UTMike wrote:
I swear I saw that thing on the scify channel!


Thanks, UTMike. They are quite, quite strange looking in their own right as well as very alien looking. I've posted several of them in the past both on-the-hoof and as a staged specimen.

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Jan 27, 2021 18:48:49   #
joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a Crane Fly that I preserved last spring by putting it in a pill bottle along with a mothball to kill any microscopic scavengers that like to munch on departed insects. I inspected it this morning to see how it was holding up and of course the best way to do that is to stage it for a focus stacking session.

They are absolutely harmless and many do not have any mouthparts at all and as adults their only focus is on mating. Those few adult species that do have mouthparts that do eat tend to drink nectar from flowers.
This is a Crane Fly that I preserved last spring b... (show quote)


Wow! Things getting scary again looking at this guy Some things should not be seen in close-up. I'll have to sleep with the shotgun under the pillow again

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Jan 27, 2021 19:08:39   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
joecichjr wrote:
Wow! Things getting scary again looking at this guy Some things should not be seen in close-up. I'll have to sleep with the shotgun under the pillow again


Thanks, and we are ever so lucky that Mother Nature has limited the size to which they can grow.

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Jan 28, 2021 05:44:38   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a Crane Fly that I preserved last spring by putting it in a pill bottle along with a mothball to kill any microscopic scavengers that like to munch on departed insects. I inspected it this morning to see how it was holding up and of course the best way to do that is to stage it for a focus stacking session.

They are absolutely harmless and many do not have any mouthparts at all and as adults their only focus is on mating. Those few adult species that do have mouthparts that do eat tend to drink nectar from flowers.
This is a Crane Fly that I preserved last spring b... (show quote)


Fantastic image of an ugly SOB.

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Jan 28, 2021 07:43:26   #
Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida
 
Amazing image. Thanks Sippy !

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Jan 28, 2021 08:57:20   #
randave2001 Loc: Richmond
 
Looks like a still straight out of a SF movie. Fantastic work as always.

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Jan 28, 2021 10:09:58   #
MrMophoto Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"
 
Nice capture, right out of an old 50's monster movie

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Jan 28, 2021 11:42:06   #
Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
Freak show, great macro, Sippy.

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Jan 28, 2021 13:21:11   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 
Excellent work. How many photos& how many would it take to get the whole fly?

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Jan 28, 2021 18:03:56   #
ShelbyDave Loc: Lone Rock, WI
 

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