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Physocephala tibialis
Brown, black and white flies with long, slender abdomens. These two were mating while flying.
Next to Toyon in our backyard
Spotted on Oct 29, 2011
Submitted on Oct 30, 2011
9 Comments
Thank you, shrikalk!
wow.. great shots....
Thanks Laurie and KarenL. Ashish, I took 12 photo's before they were gone. I used manual focus. My Canon has a rotary dial focus on the back (unfortunately) but it has a zoomed screen so I can see the great detail before shooting. I had the in my sight for about 30 seconds max.
Great shot, Cindy!
These are great. They almost look 3D.
Oh.. truly... I wonder... how long you you fielded to grab better shot of them... How many shots you tried.. They do not rest for long time.. just keep flying in circular motion...
Thank you Kristal and Ashish! Not the easiest thing to do, shooting moving flies :)
Great shot....
Nice shots!