Is this a hoverfly?

paddler4

Saw this guy and did not notice until I processed the image all the company he had in the upper right. The eyes and antennae are not similar to other hovers I have seen. I'll post a crop to show that. 50D, 100mm + 36 mm tube, flash, 1/200, f/13, ISO 200, single shot with monopod.

C&C welcome, as always.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely capture- suspect it may be a soldier fly
Brian V.

GOLDENORFE

think it could be a male crysops sp horsefly, good colour banding on the lower eye section.
males dont bite!
phil

paddler4

Brian and Phil,

Thanks. After seeing your notes, I did some google searches. I suspect that it is a chrysops--the variety known colloquially in the US as deer flies. The eyes don't quite match the photos I found, but the area in which I caught this guy is full of deer flies. I had no idea that the males don't bite. The females seem to make up for it.

Dan

dlplumer

Nice capture. Good eye detail

rhermans

Great shots, those eyes are humongous

DeVil

Nice shots!

paddler4

thanks all