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Callopistromyia annulipes
Small, 4-5mm fly with black and white speckled body and wings. The wings lay flat most of the time. But the wings are sometime perpendicular to the body.
prairie
Several of these flies were on the metal railing of a bridge.
Spotted on Jul 23, 2015
Submitted on Jul 23, 2015
36 Comments (1–25)
A very beautiful, very interesting, and a very cute Fly....
Thank you James. It looked like any other fly until I used my macro lens to focus on it. I couldn't believe how beautiful it was!
Wow such an interesting looking fl.
Thank you very much Antonio, Sunnyjosef, Mark, Ashley, and Polilla. I appreciate your kind words!
Amazing capture Stephanie ,congrats on the 3rd place and thanks for sharing
Congrats Stephanie..
Congratulations Stephanie. Stunning pics.
Congrats Stephanie, your beautiful fly placed 3rd in the arthropod category for the Best of 2015! Here is the link for the '2016 Best Wildlife Photo' mission so you can add more fantastic spottings for this year! www.projectnoah.org/missions/2004046002
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Thank you so much! I am honored to be in the top 10!
Congrats Stephanie, your mesmerizing Peacock Fly has made the top 10 arthropod spottings in the '2015 Best Wildlife Photo' mission! Rangers are voting on the top 10 arthropod spottings, and the top 3 will be announced on February 9th. The top 3 spottings will be commented on here on the site, but make sure you keep a look out on our Facebook app page for the announcement as well! Congratulations on making the top 10! https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah
Fantastic !! Congrats Leanne...
fantastic macro shots. I've tried twice to catch one of these via camera.
Thank you Kel and Leanne:)
dear congratulations, well deserved.
Congratulations Stephanie! Fantastic series & well deserved SOTW.
Thank you sunnyjosef:)
Thank you Bill! I never thought I would be an insect lover, but there is such beauty in those little guys:)
Congrats to you Stephanie... Such a wonderful series!!!
Well deserved Stephanie! These photos are phenomenal! Congratulations!
Thank you Leana, Lisa, Sergio, and Mark. I am so excited to have this little guy, which I had never seen before, chosen as SOTW!
Thank you Ashley! I am honored to have my photo chosen as Spotting of the Week!
Congratulations Stephanie!
Congrats on such a fabulous series! Love it!
Congratulations for this well deserved SOTD.
Congratulations.