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Efferia sp.
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Keywords: hair texture
Shooting location: Long Island, NY, Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
Flash type: (Canon 580EX + handmade diffuser)+2*(Canon 430EX + Lumiquest Ultrasoft)
Lens: Sigma 150mm macro + modified Kenko extension tubes, 12+20+36=68 mm
 

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Dan Busman — 18:17 27 Jul 2007
Fabulous image of a Robber Fly! These predators go after other insects and attack them in flight, injecting their victims with saliva containing neurotoxic and proteolytic enzymes. The victim is digested from the inside out! The insect world is a violent world.
 

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