Why the long face?

Interesting looking fella, such great mouthparts. An Empid fly (genus Empis) which uses its extended mouthparts to feed on nectar. Cheers to Eddie The Bugman for ID.

 

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Equipment

Nikon D7000 @ 1/200 sec

Nikkor 105 f/2.8 @ f/16.0

ISO: 100

Hand held with R1C1 Flash

Edited Lightroom 3

Done