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Jo
21-06-2007, 00:13
:lol: :lol:

This thing was stuck to a lavender flower I had decided to shot. I tried to budge it off, but the thing was stuck fast, and appeared to be as dead as a dodo :shrug: Weird...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1097/577558569_fd4d989e8c_o.jpg

inophoto
21-06-2007, 01:16
I looked it up for you..

The technical term is, hangon, let me see if I can spell this right:

A-big-ass-ugly-fly-like-thing.

Wicked shot though :thumbs:

pxl8
21-06-2007, 01:44
Something odd about the abdomen, either a female very full of eggs or the victim of some kind of parasite.

Messiah Khan
21-06-2007, 09:47
Thats awsome!:D Shame its leg is slightly in front of its face, but other than that its a really nice shot. As you say pxl8, that abdomen doesn't look right. Looks pretty cool though.

Dino f
21-06-2007, 17:39
If the fly was indeed dead, it could have been suffering from post necrotic calcification of the lower abdomic region.

















Or maybe i just made that up!:lol:
Dean:)

Shorn
21-06-2007, 18:58
Good guess, we both can't be wrong :)
I have no idea what it is though.

lovely sharp shot.

















Or maybe i just made that up!:lol:
Dean:)[/QUOTE]