Long-legged fly

26Jun09

Long-legged flies are tiny, brightly colored, and common. You find them on broad-leaved plants looking around for smaller flies to lunch on:

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Some are iridescent green like this one, some are orange/red. One of the crowd of interesting bugs you can find on a milkweed or blackberry leaf in midsummer.


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  1. 1 Chris on June 27, 2009 said:

    Hi Thomas,
    I’ve been following your blog for a while now, but I’m still surprised by the sharpness and beauty of your pictures. This one is awesome as usually!!!

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  2. 2 edvatza on June 28, 2009 said:

    Love the detail and color here, Tom. And the leaf make for such a simple yet beautiful background. Very well done.

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  3. 3 Chris on June 30, 2009 said:

    Hi Thomas,
    Wow great picture. Is that the same as the one i got in this macro post (second image9. It looks very similar!!

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