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Best Picture?: Dragonfly Close-Up

So far I think this is my favorite picture from the trip.  It's a real close shot of the blue and yellow dragon fly.  Check out the spiney legs!  Photo Notes: It's hand-held,  1/45 second at f11 with the Nikon D100 and 105mm AF f2.8D macro lens.  Scroll to the bottom for the robber fly.

2 Big Dragonflies, Very Close	More Dragonflies here: Marshland Pictures	Texas Hill Country Pictures Page 2 (Butterflies)
Different angle and the dragonfly See more robber flies on my bug picture page.	2006: Texas Hill Country Birds
From the top you wouldn't know the robber fly is dining.	Titmouse! Gil advises: "It is (definitely) an immature Black-crested titmouse, as Dwanna surmised it might be. It is not a Plain titmouse."  Per Dwanna: "It looks like a "plain titmouse" but it could be a young "black crested" titmouse, which are more common around here. The male and female look pretty much the same, but their young have a gray crest at first."

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Robber Fly, with Prey - Yum Yum!

Robber Flies are voracious predators.  They slam into their prey with force, then suck the nummy juices out of their prey.
"Order Diptera, family Asiladae, many species.  ...They suck their prey dry with hypodermic-like mouthparts. .... Help to control troublesome insects, especially files ... and mosquitoes.  ...  The common name of this ferocious insect comes from its habit of pouncing on prey."  (Texas Bug Book, by Beck and Garret)

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