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Sheer buggery…

AsparagusSyndrome said :

Is insect porn permitted on RiotAct?

Anyhow, they look like robber flies to me. Wings back, rather than perpendicularly outward like dragonflies.

http://www.csiro.au/en/Outcomes/Environment/Biodiversity/DiverseFlyFactSheet.aspx

I love this site for this reason, I love learning new info about the creatures of Canberra . Thank you 🙂

“… At rest, adult robber flies may be mistaken for dragonflies as they have similar characteristics including:

strong outwardly positioned legs
solid thorax
large eyes
long skinny abdomen.

However, robber flies have only one pair of wings which are held over their back when resting, unlike dragonflies, who have two pair and hold them out to the side.

Similar to members of the syrphid family, some species of robber fly are also thought to mimic wasps.

Adult robber flies:

feed on other insects
are adapted to snatching fast flying insects on the wing
live in open forests.

Robbers flies hold their prey with powerful legs while neurotoxins and special enzymes (proteolytic) are injected into the victim. The body juices are then sucked out via a sharp straw-like mouth part (proboscis).

Larvae of robber flies live in soil or decomposing wood. The larvae of some species are also predacious.

Is insect porn permitted on RiotAct?

Anyhow, they look like robber flies to me. Wings back, rather than perpendicularly outward like dragonflies.

http://www.csiro.au/en/Outcomes/Environment/Biodiversity/DiverseFlyFactSheet.aspx

“… At rest, adult robber flies may be mistaken for dragonflies as they have similar characteristics including:

strong outwardly positioned legs
solid thorax
large eyes
long skinny abdomen.

However, robber flies have only one pair of wings which are held over their back when resting, unlike dragonflies, who have two pair and hold them out to the side.

Similar to members of the syrphid family, some species of robber fly are also thought to mimic wasps.

Adult robber flies:

feed on other insects
are adapted to snatching fast flying insects on the wing
live in open forests.

Robbers flies hold their prey with powerful legs while neurotoxins and special enzymes (proteolytic) are injected into the victim. The body juices are then sucked out via a sharp straw-like mouth part (proboscis).

Larvae of robber flies live in soil or decomposing wood. The larvae of some species are also predacious.

No idea, though they look like dragonflies.

But damn – that’s a GREAT photo!

Thanks for all the great comments.

Fame at last! First hit on google, my god, do you think I’ll get international stardom and wealth?

Oh, BTW, if the participants are both female, I believe the position in known as “velcroing” 🙂

Jethro said :

TheDancingDjinn said :

Well google says your image is dragon flies… I thought mayflies at first but cannot see those three long things they have at the end of their bodies.

Seriously google ” dragonflies of Canberra ” and your image is third.

First now.

Its the magic jelly bean spider. If you google Canberra magic jelly bean spider the image is first

They’re Asilinae or better known as Robber Flies.
They’re rather prolific in sub species though, which makes absolute identification difficult.

TheDancingDjinn said :

Well google says your image is dragon flies… I thought mayflies at first but cannot see those three long things they have at the end of their bodies.

Seriously google ” dragonflies of Canberra ” and your image is third.

First now.

TheDancingDjinn said :

I believe anyone who has seen the film, Requiem for a dream, will know this is called ” ass to ass”

People you do not want to be associated with: large black man in requiem for a dream yelling out “ass to ass”

I believe anyone who has seen the film, Requiem for a dream, will know this is called ” ass to ass”