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Tetanocera elata

A Snail Killing Fly.

This is a male as you can tell from its frontal features, beside its two large compound eyes.

 

Taken with a 50mm Prime lens reversed on macro extension tubes with flash at 1/4 power.

 

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I thank User name - Olds1992 - For finding the species name of this extraordinary fly !

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Uploaded on August 28, 2011
Taken on August 23, 2011