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Posted by mark on Jun 03 2015 in Insect Photography, Macro Photography, Focus Stacking, Extreme Macro
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Ornate Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus ornatus)

Aside from its impressive eyes, this Snipe Fly had stiking silver and black bands along its abdomen - click on the image for a larger view: 

Ornate Snipe Fly, Chrysopilus ornatus

Ornate Snipe Fly, Chrysopilus ornatus

I would tentatively identify this as an Ornate Snipe Fly, Chrysopilus ornatus. About 3.5x clifesized, 162 stacked exposures. Pentax K-3 with DFA 50mm macro reverse mounted on extension.

Reference image:

Ornate Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus ornatus)

This entry was posted by Mark and filed under Insect Photography, Macro Photography, Focus Stacking, Extreme Macro.

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