robber fly

[lesno1]

[Geoff F]

Not a robber, Les. That is one of the Empis family. See the very long snout. A rather tricky family to fully identify so it would require more angles to reach species level.

[Cantab]

A good shot. Did you use natural lighting or perhaps also with a bit of flash?

[lesno1]

Not a robber, Les. That is one of the Empis family. See the very long snout. A rather tricky family to fully identify so it would require more angles to reach species level.

Thanks Geoff unfortunately i only got one shot

[lesno1]

A good shot. Did you use natural lighting or perhaps also with a bit of flash?

Hi Bruce i usualy use a flash but this time i turned it off as it was bright sunshine and i didnt want to blow the whites