Hi Charlie,
Even though I origimally identified this critter as a dragonfly, I received
an input correcting the ID. This is a Robber Fly. If you google that term,
you will find that it is not at all like the docile dragonfly. It eats
butterflies, and can bite with the best of them.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: On the Fence
> Who knows though Jim? I've never been bitten by a dragonfly, though lord
> knows they've had plenty of opportunity. I used to catch them all the time
> when I was a kid. Not to torment them, just to get a closer look. Never
> once
> bitten. Horse Flies however have had their pound of flesh from me over the
> years and they HURT.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Jim Nichols
> <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> The horse flies that I recall from my youth on the farm were shaped just
>> like an ordinary house fly, but several times larger. This thing has an
>> elongated body, and the wings lay flat and parallel to the body when it
>> is
>> resting. I suspect that its bite resembles that of the horse fly.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 8:33 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: On the Fence
>>
>>
>> > I've seen lots of those around our yard here, are you sure that isn't a
>> > horsefly?
>> >
>> > Speaking of heat, after a month or more of waiting to hear from the
>> > lawyers of the person buying my mother-in-laws house, the closing was
>> > arranged for Friday 7/22. House had to be "broom clean" by Sunday 6pm.
>> > We're done but it was the worst weekend of my life.
>> >
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>> > On 7/22/2011 4:48 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> >> He looks almost like he's wingless. Did you pluck his wings to make
>> >> him
>> >> hold still for his portrait? :-)
>> >>
>> >> Chuck Norcutt
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 7/22/2011 1:57 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> >>> This small dragonfly was the only cooperative subject around today.
>> >>> It posed nicely on the old fence so that I could get the shot I
>> >>> needed.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Small+Dragonfly.jpg.html
>> >>>
>> >>> Olympus E-1 with Zuiko Digital 35mm f/3.5 Macro
>> >>>
>> >>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>> >>>
>> >>> Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA
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