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MhykeSnowflake
MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

thanks a lot gordon...appreciate it much bro...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Interesting @Gordon...!!

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 12 years ago

You're quite welcome. Insects are a fascinating group of animals. If I had my career to start over again, I'd probably go into entomology.

While I mentioned in my previous post that stilt-legged flies wave their white tipped legs around in front of them--presumably to mimic ichneumon wasps--I failed to mention that the female in your wonderful photograph is doing just that. Not only is this a great portrait, but you've also captured a fascinating behavior. Wonderful.....

MhykeSnowflake
MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

thanks a lot for the nice info mr. Gordon...appreciate it much...

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 12 years ago

This may be a stilt-legged fly (at least that is one of the common names used in North America). The family is Micropezidae. They often wave their white-tipped front legs around in front of themselves. No one knows for sure why they do this, but they may be mimicking the appearance of being a more dangerous ichneumon wasp, many of which have white bands near the end of the antennae.
This is a spectacular photograph. Gorgeous colors, wonderful depth-of-field.

MhykeSnowflake
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MhykeSnowflake

Singapore, Singapore

Spotted on Jan 24, 2011
Submitted on Sep 15, 2011

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