Gigantorax, Atomic Mutant Fly
Tim Pollard strikes again with this fantastic picture of a large fly. He says it’s about the size of his thumbnail, which probably means it’s only around 10-14mm. But still, what an amazingly colored fly. I keep expecting the back segments to light up one at a time–anyone who had an Electronic Simon game as a kid knows where I’m coming from here.
As with Tim’s previous picture, this one comes to us from Banora Point, NSW, Australia. Thanks again, Tim!
Slowly getting the site back onto an even keel. It's nice to get back into the old posting rhythm.
AJ said,
November 20, 2007 @ 11:33 am
Wow, amazing colors… more what I’d expect from a beetle, not a fly!
Nick said,
November 20, 2007 @ 11:45 am
Wow, cool! I’ve seen colored flies, but not in a patchwork like that. Neat.
tceisele said,
November 20, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
Wow. I wonder if Australians think that, say, North American insects look as exotic as North Americans think the Australian insects look? Probably not, the Australian insects tend to be really something.
Incidentally, when I try to follow Tim Pollard’s web page link, I get an error message that the link on the referring page is incorrect. Is there a typo in the link?
David Brady said,
November 20, 2007 @ 1:46 pm
I’ve e-mailed him about the link; hopefully he’ll either fix it or send me a new one.
I wonder the same thing about what Australians wonder. I imagine they’d say our bugs are a bit small and kind of boring… with a bunch of “bonzers” and “g’days” mixed in.
ZWarrior said,
November 21, 2007 @ 7:40 am
After you made the comment about the Simon I realized that I was doing the same thing. It really is very colorful.