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Title: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: Nefarious on June 09, 2013, 10:55:21 PM
A strange bee looking fly landed on the bolt of my rifle during some Mosin Nagant shoulder therapy... check it out.

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb180/ralphmunnich/1.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/user/ralphmunnich/media/1.jpg.html)

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb180/ralphmunnich/2.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/user/ralphmunnich/media/2.jpg.html)

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb180/ralphmunnich/3.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/user/ralphmunnich/media/3.jpg.html)

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb180/ralphmunnich/4-1.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/user/ralphmunnich/media/4-1.jpg.html)

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb180/ralphmunnich/5.jpg) (http://s205.photobucket.com/user/ralphmunnich/media/5.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: Selino631 on June 10, 2013, 11:19:46 AM
wow thats a really nice range, and nice Mosin you got there!

not sure what those flys are called, but i've seen those things all over the place in VA
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: Blooz on June 10, 2013, 12:22:02 PM
Reincarnated Vasily Zaytsev?
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: kappa on June 10, 2013, 12:24:51 PM
juvenile yellowjacket..
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: icepac on June 10, 2013, 01:24:56 PM
Yep.....the ones you find inside your soda can that end up stinging your lip.
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: Nefarious on June 10, 2013, 05:13:07 PM
juvenile yellowjacket..

I honestly believe it is a type of fly that mimics being a bee. Because they don't sting or bite. Pretty common in my area too, I just don't know what they are or their name.
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: Nathan60 on June 10, 2013, 05:21:08 PM
Its a hover fly apparently
(http://www.amphioxus.org/sites/default/files/images/syrphid2_large.jpg)
(http://www.amphioxus.org/content/hovering-hover-fly?size=_original)
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: Nathan60 on June 10, 2013, 05:24:52 PM
ever been bit by a Milkweed assassin lol I didn't know what it was when it landed on me then I watched as the damn thing bit me, it actually hurt a little

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g9QzuG_3Q_E/S8O3E0So62I/AAAAAAAAALY/a2uka79uX9M/s1600/Large+Milkweed.jpg)
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: eagl on June 10, 2013, 11:19:51 PM
ever been bit by a Milkweed assassin lol I didn't know what it was when it landed on me then I watched as the damn thing bit me, it actually hurt a little

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g9QzuG_3Q_E/S8O3E0So62I/AAAAAAAAALY/a2uka79uX9M/s1600/Large+Milkweed.jpg)

Hmm my kids have been playing with bugs that look sort of like that, here in Las Vegas.  I'll have to let them know they might get bit.
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: APDrone on June 10, 2013, 11:33:47 PM
Hey Nef... nice pics!  For whatever reason that forth one really calls out..   Great example of depth of field.

What camera/lens?
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: Old Sport on June 11, 2013, 10:37:59 AM
Perhaps a Sphaerophoria Scripta (M) hoverfly?

(http://m8.i.pbase.com/o6/48/528648/1/100619528.d4jObjnU.IMG_1272.JPG)

http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/hoverflies

Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: smoe on June 11, 2013, 01:23:18 PM
A Battle Bee? Is it trying to lock-and-load the rifle?
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: VonMessa on June 11, 2013, 01:34:38 PM
Hmm my kids have been playing with bugs that look sort of like that, here in Las Vegas.  I'll have to let them know they might get bit.

I thought that bugs became instantly mummified when exposed to the Vegas heat?
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: Nefarious on June 11, 2013, 05:43:05 PM
Hey Nef... nice pics!  For whatever reason that forth one really calls out..   Great example of depth of field.

What camera/lens?

Nikon D3200 with standard DX 18-55
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: mbailey on June 11, 2013, 05:51:40 PM
Amazing photos Nef.......We call those sweat bees up here in PA, not sure what its real genus is.
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: eagl on June 11, 2013, 07:03:38 PM
I thought that bugs became instantly mummified when exposed to the Vegas heat?

Myth.  Lots of bugs here.  Only "good" thing about bugs here is that the desert recluse spider, although still very bad news, is reputed to be way less grumpy than the common brown recluse.  I've read reports of kids playing with them for hours without getting bit.  Yea it was on the internets, but the stories are fairly consistent pointing to the desert recluse being more tolerant to accidental contact.
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: RngFndr on June 11, 2013, 07:11:40 PM
That is Rasputin, reincarnated.. :lol
Romanov's still cant get rid of that sucker...
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: Nefarious on June 11, 2013, 07:34:29 PM
Amazing photos Nef.......We call those sweat bees up here in PA, not sure what its real genus is.

We got sweat bees, but they are black and look like little mini wasps, and they bite/sting. They are roughly the same size as these hover flies, but look much different.
Title: Re: Strange fly on the bolt of my Mosin Nagant...
Post by: blkblade on June 11, 2013, 08:19:29 PM
ZOMBIE FLY!