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Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.
Richard Bach.
Richard David Bach (born June 23, 1936) is an American writer. Bach is widely known as the author of some hugely popular 1970s best-sellers, including Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977). Bach has authored numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including One: A Novel (1989) and Out of My Mind (1999).
Most of Bach's books have been semi-autobiographical, using actual or fictionalized events from his life to illustrate his philosophy. Bach's books espouse his philosophy that our apparent physical limits and mortality are merely appearance. Bach is noted for his love of aviation and for his books related to flying in a metaphorical context. Bach has pursued flying as a hobby since the age of 17. In late August 2012, Bach was badly injured when on approach to landing at Friday Harbor, Washington, his aircraft clipped some power lines and crashed upside down in a field. Source Wikipedia.
This fly was tiny, about 2 or 3mm long at most. I was really surprised to see that it was eating an even smaller insect (maybe a springtail). Due to the size, I couldn't even see its meal till I looked at this photo on a bigger screen. Photographed today at Lake Waterford in Maryland.
One of several fly agarics seen in the Barnhill plantation in the Forest of Dean a few weeks ago when I visited with fellow flickr member Rod Holbrook.
Cool Fly. Photographed in Virginia.
A single image, shot hand held. Canon 80D, Canon MPE macro lens, Canon twin macro flash. Aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400, flash set to 1/16th power.
I didn't really expect to be still shooting flies on flowers this late in December, but here we are...expecting 85° on Christmas Day...
With 25 mm tube
"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway."
Mary Kay Ash
In the mist and heavy dew of a summer morning a couple of geese fly over a once beautiful barn that now sits empty and unused. Pundits often call rural states "fly over country" as politicians pay more attention to the states on our coasts. For many aging folks, they often feel their lives are fly over country as well as daily contact with others becomes scarce.
Stomorhina subapicalis
Family: Rhiniidae
Order: Diptera
tony_d had the following information about identifying this species:
"Stomorhina subapicalis by the following combination: wing cell r4+5 open at wing margin; wing with apical spot; mesopleura with distinct bristle dots; and mesopleura without undusted section above mid leg insertion."