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    A square cut from a landscape picture.
    I do not know the English name of the species.
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    Hi Carel. This is another outstanding image! This fly is an excellent wasp mimic! I like everything about this image - light, pose, sharpness, perch, comp, and background. If this was mine, I wouldn't change a thing. Very well done!

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    Excellent Carel... great detail, exposure, comp and bg... VVWD!

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    Hey Carel,
    I would be tempted to up the brightness a few points.....but I too love everything about this! Very well done!!!

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    Cool subject, very good pose and well composed. Flower looks good and a perfect BG. Good details on the head/eyes but I like a lot the wings. Very well done.

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    Carel - After looking through my insect guide, I think this is one of the thick-headed flies (family Conopidae, possibly Physocephala spp.). These are mostly parasites of solitary bees and sometimes wasps. The female fly attacks a host species in midair, often forcing it to the ground, and rams an egg between the host's abdominal segments before releasing it.

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    Steve
    it is "Physocephala rufipes"

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