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Green-and-black Solider Fly (male)
Stanley Jones

Green-and-black Solider Fly (male) (Heldriodiscus binotatus)

Green-and-black Solider Fly (Heldriodiscus binotatus: Stratiomyidae) This specimen is ca. 1.5 cm (0.6 in) long. Photographed on tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima: Asteraceae) at Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Bottomland hardwoods dominated by cedar elm and water oak with some water hickory at ca. 96 m (315 ft) elevation. I thank Ross Hill for the determination.
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Habitat
Bottomland hardwoods dominated by cedar elm and water oak with some water hickory at ca. 96 m (315 ft) elevation.
Location
Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
October 2012
Scientific name
Heldriodiscus binotatus
Equipment used
Canon EOS 50D with a Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 macro USM lens, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/250 with internal flash, f/16.
B
Super macro, Stanley!! We're still waiting for it to warm up a little over here before we dust off our macro lenses!!
 
UncleGus_24
WOW! Stanley, I can aslways depend on you to Wow us with your fantastic images, always superbly captured and displayed. Thanks for sharing
 

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