Comments on: they make ‘em big out west http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/29/they-make-em-big-out-west/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:01:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Drhoz! http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/29/they-make-em-big-out-west/#comment-12531 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:22:34 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/29/they-make-em-big-out-west/#comment-12531 they make 'em even bigger here in Western Australia http://drhoz.livejournal.com/54576.html they make ‘em even bigger here in Western Australia

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]]> by: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/29/they-make-em-big-out-west/#comment-9010 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:59:46 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/29/they-make-em-big-out-west/#comment-9010 Jace - Thanks! And yes, you're right, Robber flies are such quick and powerful fliers that most are a match for almost any winged insect. I'm sure this one would have been capable of capturing quite a large dragonfly. Jace - Thanks! And yes, you’re right, Robber flies are such quick and powerful fliers that most are a match for almost any winged insect. I’m sure this one would have been capable of capturing quite a large dragonfly.

]]> by: Jace Stansbury http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/29/they-make-em-big-out-west/#comment-8977 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:50:12 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/29/they-make-em-big-out-west/#comment-8977 Bev, What an excellent photo of the Robber Fly! I see these all the time near out camp but not quite that large. I one time spotted one as it attacked a large saddlebag dragonfly. It drove it to the ground, fed on its juices and then left the hollow remnants. They're like the wolves of the insect world! Jace Bev,

What an excellent photo of the Robber Fly! I see these all the time near out camp but not quite that large. I one time spotted one as it attacked a large saddlebag dragonfly. It drove it to the ground, fed on its juices and then left the hollow remnants. They’re like the wolves of the insect world!

Jace

]]> by: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/29/they-make-em-big-out-west/#comment-8718 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:36:16 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/29/they-make-em-big-out-west/#comment-8718 TM - I was thinkng just the same while looking at several photos that I shot of the Robber Fly. It looked a little perilous for the Robber Fly. Being stung on the eyelid (or your compound eye) is no fun at all! TM - I was thinkng just the same while looking at several photos that I shot of the Robber Fly. It looked a little perilous for the Robber Fly. Being stung on the eyelid (or your compound eye) is no fun at all!

]]> by: Tussock Mirth http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/29/they-make-em-big-out-west/#comment-8716 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:38:20 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/29/they-make-em-big-out-west/#comment-8716 If you've ever drunk a yellow jacket out of a luminum can, you feel - - cheer, in seeing one "git what's commin to him." But he looks like he's gonna sting that robber fly IN THE EYE. LOOKOUT, ROBBER FLY!!! Come to think of it, I got stung on the EYELID, once, too. Damnit. If you’ve ever drunk a yellow jacket out of a luminum can, you feel - - cheer, in seeing one “git what’s commin to him.”

But he looks like he’s gonna sting that robber fly IN THE EYE.

LOOKOUT, ROBBER FLY!!!

Come to think of it, I got stung on the EYELID, once, too.

Damnit.

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