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Jun 04, 2011 13:07 |  #1

a small little hoverfly, one I personally do not see very often was cruising these bulbs, danger was around the corner closer then he was aware of though as a Assassin bug was watching this little fellow VERY closely, these move SO quick and dont stick around very long at all,,

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Jun 04, 2011 13:20 |  #2

nice...liked all...

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Jun 04, 2011 13:27 |  #3

Lovely set of shots again Jim.

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Jun 04, 2011 15:12 |  #4

very nice series




  
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Jun 04, 2011 17:01 as a reply to  @ dgraham329's post |  #5

Oh wow, what a beautiful little hover - its just gorgeous.

Love the colour the light has caught in the wing in #2.

Fabulous pics of it and I hope it got away safely :D

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Jun 04, 2011 18:41 |  #6

Thank you all for looking and commenting !! :)
Linda, it did get away just fine ;)

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Jun 05, 2011 00:39 |  #7

Wonderful series- interesting looking hover!
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Jun 05, 2011 01:38 |  #8

Stunning shots

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Jun 05, 2011 02:03 |  #9

Very nice shots..such a lovely hover fly :)

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Jun 05, 2011 07:56 |  #10

jaharris1001 wrote in post #12536780 (external link)
Linda, it did get away just fine ;)

Oh good - would have been such a shame/waste if it had been predated

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Jun 05, 2011 08:08 |  #11

Very nice series of shots.

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Jun 05, 2011 08:34 |  #12

Wonderful series, esp like #2 and #4.

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Jun 05, 2011 16:54 as a reply to  @ sw2001's post |  #13

Thank you all for looking and commenting, very much appreciated !!

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