Deer Flies

[mplonsky]

They may be pretty, but they hurt. The first one is full of blood, probably from one of my dogs ears. The images were taken of a live bug on a white building which was purposefully overexposed.

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[Jekyll & Hyde]

J: Perhaps a little too much detail?

H: HeHe, just kidding. Love em. Way to "catch and release."
J&H

[Lord Vetinari]

You've just gotta love those eyes- excellent shots.

Brian V.

[nzmacro]

Now where you been hiding M8t :wink . Always superb shots Mark, just love these stripped eyed flies. Excellent sharp details M8t. With the new Canon I take it ??

All the best waaaay up north :wink

Danny.

[Skippy]

They may be pretty, but they hurt. The first one is full of blood, probably from one of my dogs ears. The images were taken of a live bug on a white building which was purposefully overexposed.

Wow the gut on that thing full of blood, I bet they dang well hurt when they grab hold of you........ and those eyeeeeeeees, how colourful are they.
I gotta keep my eyes open when I got to USA .......I won't know where to look, the trees, the sky, the ground, the hills, the mountains, the waters, the plants ahhhhhhhhhhhhh..... I'll be ...gawd which lens do I need now :dunno :rofl

Great shots Mark........thanks for sharing........ Skippy (Australia)

[MuskyDude]

I have a love-hate relationship with deer flies; I hate them, they love me. :wxwax Fantastic shots Mark, love the eye details! :clap




AJ

[Herman Auer]

Hi Mark - As usual, amazing detail! Fantastic images!

Cheers - Herman

[Andy]

:wave welcome to dgrin, mark. i've always admired your extreme macro stuff - so well done, and these are no exception.

i was in home depot today, buying, among other things, some wasp killer spray, when i got stung by a ... wasp, right there in the pesticide aisle.

thanks for sharing your stuff with us, looking forward to more!

[GerryDavid]

mplonsky, this is a really nice closeup. I wonder if the deerflies here are different, they dont look like this. The top view looks more elike a triangle and the wings more like a moth. And yes, they hurt alot when they bite, hehe. They like to swarm me when I go fishing *one reason why I do it just once a year*.

i was in home depot today, buying, among other things, some wasp killer spray, when i got stung by a ... wasp, right there in the pesticide aisle.
Perhaps this was the wasps preventive measure to prevent his cousins from getting killed? :0) At least you know none of the pesticide cans had a leak, hehe