Scorpion Fly (Panorpa sp.) male – These are fairly big flies, and they just love to hang around on low vegetation. Double-click for a closer look.
Copyright: Peter Hillman
Camera used: Nikon D7200
Date taken: 16th July 2019
Place: Local field, Staffordshire
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Thank you 🙂
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Those eyes! Are those antennas near the eyes? So much going on with this one. Nice capture!
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They are the antennas, and the yellow patches which kind of look like goggles are where the antennas spring from. Thank you 🙂
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Cool!
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My gosh! That brought a laugh, for sure. It looks for all the world like a charming cartoon character.
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Lol 🙂 He is quite the character 🙂
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Its morphology is true to its name!! 🙂
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Another amazing capture! Love those eyes. 😊
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Thank you, Irene 🙂 These are such strange insects, but also quite fascinating.
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Great shot! I like them very much. They always look a bit funny 🙂
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🙂 Thank you 🙂 They can be frustrating to photo. You creep nearer and nearer to get your shot in and sometimes they will stay put for a short moment, and others they just fly off and are lost. The joys of nature photography 🙂
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Haha, yes! Probably they play with us 🙂 I always ask myself why I have to make pictures of all these bees in rear view 😉
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Lol! 🙂 You have to work with what you have, I understand that all too well! 🙂
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🙂 They know how they can try us.
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🙂 They sure do 🙂
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A face only a mother could love…and an entomologist or insect photographer. I’ve found a few like this one often although have never mastered identifying the wing patterns. Usually our BugGuide.net does that for me.
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I believe we only have 3 species of Scorpion Fly here, but they are tricky to id, and wing veination aside, they say you need to check on the genitalia close-up with a microscope for accurate id. Not really my thing.
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Nope here too. I always say that I don’t want to know that badly. Same thing for early instar katydids.
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What a visage! Nice capture, Pete!
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Thank you, Eliza 🙂
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Scorpion fly sounds a bit sinister, I much prefer your name choice 😊. Excellent photo!
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Thank you! The males do have a appendage that looks like a scorpion’s tail, but alas it is only used for reproduction.
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Great photo. Scary name, comical looking fella.
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Thank you :). I guess the name is kind of scary.
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