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Sigma EX105mm f2.8 DG OS HSM coupled to Canon EOS 5D Mark iii. Little beggars just won't sit still.
It's also only about 1.5cm long, if that.
On the underwing...pretty scary stuff. I see the top wing staring at you, and the bottom one saying "Boo!".
Panorpa nuptialis, a male. Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin. Male scorpion flies have scorpion-like tails. Neither flies nor scorpions, they belong to Mecoptera, an order of insects which dates back to the Permian. They have long, tube-like snouts with tiny jaws at the end. They feed on algae and detritus. Common here in the fall. They don't sting and are not in any way dangerous.