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Aug 08, 2007 13:16 |  #1

Just a female Scorpion Fly from Sunday.

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Aug 08, 2007 13:50 |  #2

You can never have "just a scorpion fly" - wonderful shot of a magnificent fly :)
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Aug 08, 2007 14:03 |  #3

Nice one Brian, I have never seen one of these babies yet.


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Aug 08, 2007 14:07 |  #4

LordV wrote in post #3691762 (external link)
You can never have "just a scorpion fly" - wonderful shot of a magnificent fly :)
brian V.

Thank you very much Brian

Attic wrote in post #3691817 (external link)
Nice one Brian, I have never seen one of these babies yet.

Cheers Alby. Very hard to get close to them.


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Aug 08, 2007 14:12 as a reply to  @ skylab's post |  #5

wow great shot. looks like it's pretty mean.

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Aug 08, 2007 15:06 |  #6

Bill Pham wrote in post #3691878 (external link)
wow great shot. looks like it's pretty mean.

Bill

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Aug 08, 2007 15:10 as a reply to  @ Bill Pham's post |  #7

Terrific shot Brian. First time I have seen one of these. I can see why it was so-called :)

Very hard to get close you say? Even more respect for an excellent picture.


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Aug 08, 2007 15:11 |  #8

Great capture Brian

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Aug 08, 2007 15:25 |  #9

dreamline wrote in post #3692208 (external link)
Terrific shot Brian. First time I have seen one of these. I can see why it was so-called :)

Very hard to get close you say? Even more respect for an excellent picture.

Cheers Bernie. You should see the male it has a tail just like a scorpion.

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Great capture Brian

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Aug 08, 2007 17:05 |  #10

A really superb shot Brian - good colour and detail. One that I havent seen or photographed yet either.

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Aug 08, 2007 20:27 |  #11

Nice capture of a rare insect!


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Aug 08, 2007 20:31 as a reply to  @ Mrvile's post |  #12

Now thats one kewl fly! well done on the capture Brian!


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Aug 08, 2007 21:08 |  #13

Never seen that before.....looks very cool


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Aug 09, 2007 01:38 as a reply to  @ Mike4BekA's post |  #14

Hiya Skylab,

Super shot, still on my list to get, I've seen them on a huge patch of ' Stingers ' but can never get through to them without disturbing them :rolleyes::lol:

Cheers for now
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Aug 09, 2007 01:44 as a reply to  @ bandit 1's post |  #15

Great shot.

The animals around this post are fantastic.




  
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