@LoneWolf007
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THERE'S MORE THAN MEET THE EYE. I nearly don't have the interest of having this insect captured through my lens because I thought that this is just another species of a hoverfly that I photographed three years ago. But since I need to practice myself in taking macro pictures at night time and to see how my capabilities, I give this critter a snap and noted one striking feature that shows that I don't have yet this kind of insect in my files and based from what I learned about this insect using Google search, I found out that this insect is a species of a horsefly and the closest possible identify of this insect might be an Oriental horsefly (Tabanus striatus) and further learned that the female horseflies have scissor-like mouthpart that is used for cutting through the skin so they can suck blood.
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This is really a huge fly, I have never seen a horse fly before!
Perhaps it is just there in our surroundings and we mistook them as common flies or any other insect that looks the same in its appearance. Just like when I am on the fields one day and an insect thart looks like a housefly landed on my arm and I felt an itchy or somewhat slight pain afterwards and I just thought that it's a fly, term we usually associate with houseflies. But I wondered why such kind of fly can give such bite as that? For sure, the insect that landed and bit my arm is not an ordinary fly but a horsefly and this find can be the answer. By the way this one is almost the same size as that of the common housefly. But based from my readings, some species can reach a length of one inch.
You captured this fly very well.
nice. its my first time to hear this horsefly
Thanks! Same here, I just take pictures of insects for the purpose of having something to upload but it turned out that I am "discovering' a lot of things in what I am doing.🤗
so cool
Lol Animals are really well adapted to look for food with their structural features
Yes, indeed. Thanks for dropping by.🤗
Alright my dear. You very welcome my dear
Amazing shot kuya Mario and with a good content too
Thanks for such kind words. I'm inspired to do more interesting contents such as this. Good morning!🤗♥️👍
That was a really cool shots, clearly showing the looks of that insect especially those big eyes.