Reason

A good quality picture with good EV. The lighting in the mountains was not very good with all the thick vegetation. The fly was sitting on a mosses and by the time I finished taking its picture, I was covered with the plant as well. The blending of colours of the fly and the dried out moss was such that my cousin good not even see the fly even after I pointed it out to him, and IMO this picture does a good job of illustrating that fact.

Articles this image appears in

Chrysopilus, Rhagionidae, Tabanoidea

Creator

Muhammad

• Support as nominator -- Muhammad (talk) 15:45, 18 February 2009 (UTC) reply
• Support better than ending up covered in some of the other stuff that the flies you've photographed were perched on. Thank you for taking the extra effort. Durova ^Charge! 23:53, 18 February 2009 (UTC) reply
• Support - great photo. Stevage 00:07, 19 February 2009 (UTC) reply
• Support Very nice. Makeemlighter ( talk) 04:11, 19 February 2009 (UTC) reply
• Support-- Mbz1 ( talk) 18:14, 19 February 2009 (UTC) reply
• Support--Very beautiful picture. Papercutbiology♫ ( talk) 13:02, 20 February 2009 (UTC) reply
• Weak support. Good photo, but can't get a full species ID can we? -- jjron ( talk) 14:41, 20 February 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Unfortunately, this was the best the experts could provide -- Muhammad (talk) 17:51, 20 February 2009 (UTC) reply
    • Too bad. Did they give a reason, like was it that they couldn't tell from the photo, or that this is perhaps an as yet 'unofficial' species of this genus? -- jjron ( talk) 13:28, 22 February 2009 (UTC) reply
      • I think because they are not specialized in African diptera. I have written to one specialist who may be able to help. If I get the species name, I will update the image page. -- Muhammad (talk) 05:24, 23 February 2009 (UTC) reply

• Support Sasata ( talk) 07:15, 23 February 2009 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Chrysopilus Snipe fly.jpg MER-C 07:39, 24 February 2009 (UTC) reply