Bees, almost bees, wasp, flies...

[ISv]

Here is the second "fly" portion from my daughter (one more and I'm done with the "fly" section!!!).

 

[Del Paso]

Here is the second "fly" portion from my daughter (one more and I'm done with the "fly" section!!!).

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This is talent!

 

[EricN]

Here is the second "fly" portion from my daughter (one more and I'm done with the "fly" section!!!).

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it's a fantastic photo, but what ever those two things in the seventh photo are....

 

[Del Paso]

it's a fantastic photo, but what ever those two things in the seventh photo are....

Just two little winged thingies...

 

[EricN]

Just two little winged thingies...

They look like something that might hide under your bed or in your closet when your a kid and can't sleep...

 

[Click]

Excellent shots! I especially like the 7th one.

 

[ISv]

it's a fantastic photo, but what ever those two things in the seventh photo are....

From first glance I thought Assassin fly but not sure at all. I wish I knew more about flies...
Thanks every one for the kind comments!

 

[ISv]

They look like something that might hide under your bed or in your closet when your a kid and can't sleep...

BOOO! The Halloween is coming

 

[EricN]

From first glance I thought Assassin fly but not sure at all. I wish I knew more about flies...
Thanks every one for the kind comments!

Thanks! It does look like a possibility to me.

 

[ISv]

Thanks! It does look like a possibility to me.

I looked also at the Stiletto flies (very, very similar!) but they (usually) don't have that harsh bristles around the mouth.

 

[ISv]

OK, here you have the last "Flies" from my daughter - just to have it behind of me... Next step is to see what she has in the department of the beetles.

 

[Click]

Excelent macros!

 

[ISv]

Excelent macros!

Thanks Click! She is good in this and finally decided to go into some competitions (influence from some friends I believe!). Her main problem was to compare here photos against a stacked ones! I told her that in the normal conditions in the wild you don't have that much of chance to stack. On Hawaii it's an almost lost cause (the wind!) and in Bulgaria it was the same problem! Also: she will never ever drag a tripod with herself

 

[Nemorino]

Laowa 15mm + R5

 

[Maximilian]

 

[Click]

Lovely shots, Maximilian.

 

[Nemorino]

Is this the thread for flies?
Empis tessellata
R5 + RF 100L
@ f/7.1, 1/800, ISO 1000

 

[Click]

Nice shot, Nemorino.

 

[EricN]

Is this the thread for flies?
Empis tessellata
R5 + RF 100L
@ f/7.1, 1/800, ISO 1000
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Scary looking, but fantastic photo

 

[ISv]

Is this the thread for flies?
Empis tessellata
R5 + RF 100L
@ f/7.1, 1/800, ISO 1000
View attachment 213900

! All photos that I posted above are of flies! After that YOU posted a bee and Max got in your trap... Doesn't matter - sometimes they are kind of similar (mimicry)!
Great shot BTW!

Scary looking, but fantastic photo

If they suck a nectar from the plants they are nothing scary! If they land on your skin (different species, they don't suck a nectar!) - be careful, not because of the couple of blood drops that you will loose! They could be a vector of some nasty diseases!