these were taken from my last macro shoot last weekend, this is one of my favorite Predators in the woods, this first specimen is a fully grown Male Robberfly, and he's a BIG one, I thought the title was appropriate for THIS dude as he certainly IS quite the "bully" of the Forest :LOL: he was probably almost 3" in length and when he flew away he literally sounded like an old WWII airplane taking off 
he only let me get 2 shots of him while he was on that perch there, then he flew to the second perch which was above head level and allowed me to fire off 2 before he got tired of me and BUZZED me before taking off,, notice the large Proboscis ,, you all KNOW what thats used for 
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by jaharris1701, on FlickrCamera Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture f/13.0
Focal Length 105 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash On, Fired
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by jaharris1701, on FlickrCamera Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture f/13.0
Focal Length 105 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash On, Fired
this shot is of a different variety of Robberfly, it looks similar to a shot Ive taken before but this was taken again last weekend,, notice the red eyes and quite different facial characteristics as well as different coloration on the legs, I wonder if this would be the female variety here, I tried to do some research but couldnt find any information on that,, typically I find this species somewhat hiding in the dark like this perched on a small stick, they are in prime hunting position here to make a quick attack and I mean QUICK attack too, these are AMAZINGLY agile and very fast in flight allowing them to be one amazing hunter
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by jaharris1701, on FlickrCamera Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture f/13.0
Focal Length 105 mm
ISO Speed 160
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash On, Fired
this is just a simple plant/droplet shot that I took while out there and thought I'd throw it in here
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by jaharris1701, on FlickrCamera Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture f/13.0
Focal Length 105 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash On, Fired
