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Drone Fly
Staying in Melbourne during the school holidays I saw what looked like a strange bee flying about the garden. Noticing it had a different flying style to a bee I went to examine it a bit closer (taking my camera of course!). Well I took some snaps and was a bit excited because it looked like some kind of rare bee mimicking fly - was a bit disappointed when I found out it was actually quite common! Anyway a clear sharp photo, with good enc value showing the role this fly plays as a pollenator.

Appears in Eristalis tenax


 * Support Self Nom. --Fir0002 11:22, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Great stuff; might also be useful on the pollinators page. Matt Deres 12:45, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * question Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria states: "Adds value to an article".What article the image is in?--Mbz1 16:08, 11 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
 * Support if it is used in an article. (It shouldn't be hard.)--HereToHelp 18:48, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Amazing detail. It's in use in the Eristalis tenax article so I don't think that should be a problem. CillaИ X&diams;C [dic]  19:36, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support--Mbz1 19:50, 11 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
 * Support Bewareofdog 21:55, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. Fascinating detail! --⁪frotht 04:30, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - Good DOF, good composition, sharp and colourful. Chris.B 11:19, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support I don't care about the photo, it's by Fir0002! Very detailed and well composed.  Reywas92 Talk 19:29, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support You can see the grains of pollen on the bee! Great shot, Fir! —BrOnXbOmBr21 • talk • contribs • 18:06, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

MER-C 04:22, 18 August 2007 (UTC)