Swordsmen 2 - Large bee fly by praep
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Like Andrea said yesterday - it's Bombylius major. Those specimen lay there eggs near the clutch of eggs of katydids or grasshoppers. Their larvae live parasitic on solitary bees or sometimes grasshoppers/katydids. On the German Wikipedia-Site could you find more informations about them. My English is not good enough to translate the whole article. ;-)
This shot, in my humble opinion, shows a female Bee Fly laying her eggs on the ground. She fluttered all the time with her two wings and the abdomen is touching the ground very fast. On the other pics she or he was sitting without fluttering.
Hope you understand my "weird" language - have all a great day and stay tuned.
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Comments (9)
adrie
Great macro capture my friend, excellent done.
pops
Excellent macro
M2A
Superb close-up and sharpness.
Darkwish
Very lovely pic!
3x3
lovely close up my friend x
eekdog
he is one mean mo fo with that stinger my friend, great capture. steve
durleybeachbum
Fantastic shot of the egg-laying, Markus! You are a lucky man!
Richardphotos
I have only seen these online. exceptional catch and capture
jdehaven
I still cannot get over the macro capabilities of your lens- its a zoom that can focus really really close- very good glass! You got a great macro sneaking up on this guy- probably had to really inch your way up!