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The Ambushed Fly
The Ambushed Fly
scooter97


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon Power Shot SX10 IS
Date: Aug 18, 2010
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: Aug 26, 2010

Viewed: 251
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

 This fly caught my eye while I was looking for bugs at the local Garden. I didn't realize that there was a reason that this fly was dead until I looked at the image on my monitor at home. Now I've never seen one of these Ambush Bugs before and I didn't know what it was until I did a Google search and found the Wiki results Wiki.

I considered entering this in the current Yellow V challenge, but it required quite a bit of post processing to get enough detail as to make the bug visible.

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 08/27/2010 09:44:59 AM
WOAH!!! I finally saw him. YIKES!!!
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 08/26/2010 11:39:33 PM
Amazing capture. The assassin is indeed almost undetectable unless seen full sized.
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 08/26/2010 11:19:08 PM
Very nice detail. This may have done well in Yellow.
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 08/26/2010 08:53:11 PM
WOW .. this is amazing .. i read your notes and wondered about the assassin bug .. he was so well camouflaged that i didnt see him until i'd gone to the link and read about them .. its a brilliant shot .. there's a lot of injecting going on in the insect world .. poor mr fly .. i'm glad i'm not an insect .. :)
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 08/26/2010 07:57:34 PM
The life that goes on right under our noses..this is incredible !
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 08/26/2010 02:51:46 PM
wow, you really have to look at this one closely. The Assassin bug is very well camouflaged. If you had entered it in the yellow, the drive by (or should that be fly by as some people vote so quickly) voters would surely have missed it.
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 08/26/2010 12:35:22 PM
Holy Cow!!!!! I've NEVER seen anything like this. Quite an extraordinary image. And quite an incredible camouflage!
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 08/26/2010 08:30:04 AM
Cool image AND a science lesson too. :)
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