Posted by mark on Jun 03 2015 in Insect Photography, Macro Photography, Focus Stacking, Extreme Macro
Ornate Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus ornatus)
Aside from its impressive eyes, this Snipe Fly had stiking silver and black bands along its abdomen - click on the image for a larger view:
I would tentatively identify this as an Ornate Snipe Fly, Chrysopilus ornatus. About 3.5x clifesized, 162 stacked exposures. Pentax K-3 with DFA 50mm macro reverse mounted on extension.
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