Assassin Bug Dinner by Alastair Norcross by dprchallenges

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20-JUN-2005	Alastair Norcross

Assassin Bug Dinner by Alastair Norcross

Houston, TX

The colorful assassin bug is snacking on a hapless fly. He/she skewers the fly through the head, injects poison through the proboscis, and then sucks out the insides through the same handy proboscis. Yum!
I know this might not seem like food regularly eaten by humans, but, as I said in the challenge thread, motorcyclists (and regular cyclists) regularly eat flies, though not voluntarily!

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
1/200s f/11.0 at 100.0mm iso200 with Flash hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	20-Jun-2005 12:52:24
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Flash Used	Yes
Focal Length	100 mm
Exposure Time	1/200 sec
Aperture	f/11
ISO Equivalent	200
Exposure Bias
White Balance	(-1)
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality	(6)
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Guest		10-Feb-2006 13:55
Great shot by both of you!

dprchallenges		01-Dec-2005 20:14
This is a truly incredible macro shot IMO! Congrats on this real keeper. It's probably not 'right' for this challenge, but it's nice of you to share it with us! regards, -coleviolin

dprchallenges		29-Nov-2005 04:38
Thanks Mousehill. I have a whole sequence of this assassin bug and his dinner in this web album:http://anorcross.smugmug.com/gallery/657302/1/28261561 Alastair

Guest		29-Nov-2005 01:47
I've seen some pretty amazing macros lately, but this is definately in the top 5 "amazing". I'm not too sure about the theme, but it is a great one!

Guest		28-Nov-2005 03:18
ROFL "Yum" indeed.