What an awesome beastie! From Charly: Dramatic looking but harmless insect. And it was moving all the time, wandering out of focus and turning around at the precisely wrong moment – like they all do. Pictures made with the help of a diy flash-light diffuser. Click for full size!
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It’s macro day at the Caine Corral. Wonderful little critter. I didn’t even know such a thing existed.
Kengi, I knew during my studies, then forgot over last twenty years, and now I re-discovered the species through the camera lens. When I saw them, I thought to myself “scorpion fly would be a fitting name for these” and later I found that in English that is indeed their name.
Interesting looking insect. This one wouldn’t be believable if it were fictional.
Those wings look pretty strong and highly textured. I wonder what it eats with that mouth.
@voyager, according to my library it injects dead or injured insects with digestive fluids and then sucks the digested juices. Sounds yummy, doesn’t it?