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May 25, 2013 17:37 |  #1

ish and I were just checking our bug guides 2 days ago,to see and verify that we had these flies,and went out this morning in 5 degree temps with winds gusting to 45 km/hr,and bingo!
hundreds of them!only in a certain field though.

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May 25, 2013 17:43 |  #2

Those are absolutely wonderful shots, my dear. The last one looks like a not-from-this-planet little warrior!


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May 25, 2013 17:46 |  #3

nice captures; quite few about here as well as other smaller Bibionidae species.


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May 25, 2013 18:08 |  #4

thanks so much my dear.
cant wait to see yours.
thanks toby.
you guys seem to be about 2 weeks ahead of us.


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May 25, 2013 18:09 |  #5

Brilliant captures Denis. That St. Marks fly is cool. I want to photograph one :)


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May 25, 2013 18:24 |  #6

Great work.

It is hard to imagine we have similar gear.


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May 25, 2013 18:27 |  #7

thanks very much Ian.
you guys have lots of them there apparently.
thanks a lot bas.


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May 25, 2013 18:30 |  #8

Never seen one in my garden. That said I'll probably head out to one of our local nature reserves soon and hopefully get one there :)


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May 25, 2013 18:31 |  #9

good luck Ian.
take the snail express.


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May 25, 2013 19:34 |  #10

Nice shots :)


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May 25, 2013 19:48 |  #11

haha,. nice Denis :)


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May 25, 2013 21:52 |  #12

WOW! Amazing shots, the detail and lighting are superb.


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May 25, 2013 22:29 |  #13

Fantastic shots


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May 26, 2013 00:46 |  #14

Wonderful series denis
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May 26, 2013 06:37 |  #15

thank you terry,dennis,2n10,and brian.
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