Humongous Hoverfly by CavalierLady

Photography • Insects • posted on May 19, 2015

Open full image in new tab Zoom on image

Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.

Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.

Description

This is a Mexican Cactus Fly. http://bugguide.net/node/view/9910 http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=15455 It is a subspecies in the family Syrphidae - Syrphid Flies - that would be the family of Hoverflies! When I saw this, I said "Ummmm.... we don't have black bumblebees here - we have large carpenter bees?!" Then I saw the eyes - the eyes of a hoverfly and not a bee, and nearly dropped my camera! Shy little dickens too; he sure didn't want me coming near. He is the size of a BUMBLEBEE, not the size of the tip of your little finger like most of the hoverflies I have photographed! Honestly, you could have knocked me over with a feather! Thanks very much for your views and comments.

Comments (18)

)

Cyve

7:05AM | Tue, 19 May 2015

Marvelous closeup !

)

durleybeachbum

7:20AM | Tue, 19 May 2015

I love that massive black backside!" Hoverflies are on of my favourite insect, so great to see this stranger.

)

Juliette.Gribnau

7:48AM | Tue, 19 May 2015

wonderful fly and capture

)

Adobe_One_Kenobi

8:54AM | Tue, 19 May 2015

You are finding a few strange insects lately Tex, how blessed you are. This is a great shot, and I wished we had those here in England.

)

bodo_56

9:35AM | Tue, 19 May 2015

Lol, thank Canon for 100mm lenses 8=) What a whopper, this would give me the creeps for sure! Brillant shot, you sure got strong nerves!

)

chesscanoe

9:53AM | Tue, 19 May 2015

Nice catch; very hard to get that super focus; usually takes lots of shots - thanks for money saving digital!

)

bakapo

10:18AM | Tue, 19 May 2015

wow, what a good shot... he does look like a bee.

)

kgb224

10:48AM | Tue, 19 May 2015

Amazing capture Maria. God bless.

)

dochtersions

12:13PM | Tue, 19 May 2015

Fantastic, what a super-fly, and superb shot, Maria.

)

bebopdlx

12:31PM | Tue, 19 May 2015

Excellent capture.

)

danapommet

8:40PM | Tue, 19 May 2015

A spectacular look at the wings in zoom! An outstanding macro Maria!

)

Richardphotos

8:51PM | Tue, 19 May 2015

I would guess it's buzz from flying probably is quite loud. what a great find and macro

)

jocko500

10:04PM | Tue, 19 May 2015

very good close up

)

DennisReed

2:29AM | Wed, 20 May 2015

cool

)

MrsRatbag

7:34PM | Wed, 20 May 2015

There are many wonders in nature, that's for sure! Wonderful capture!

)

kenmo

1:03PM | Fri, 22 May 2015

A wonderful macro by a true photo artist....5+++

)

goodoleboy

6:23PM | Fri, 22 May 2015

OMG, the hoverfly that ate Detroit! What a big mother! Great work on the translucent wings. And you had the right equipment and foto acumen to capture it in this excellent shot, Maria.

)