18 December 2012

"Breakfast on the fly"

A long-legged fly consuming its prey. 

This image won the Science Photography Prize at the 2010 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

Photo Credit: Roz Batten, from a gallery of "best science and nature photos" at Australian Geographic in 2010.

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 18, 2012 at 12:03 PM

    Just desserts?

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  2. steveDecember 19, 2012 at 8:47 AM

    to put things in perspective, condylostylus flies (the predator) are probably about 3 mm from head to tail.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 20, 2012 at 12:14 PM

    Ooh! I love that species of fly (the eater, not the eatee). They're so beautiful! I got one earlier this year on a tiger lily:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/90364053@N00/7522972958/in/set-72157630476730232/

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