Waiting for a Bus

I found this odd looking bugger in one of my wife’s flower beds.  Goofy looking and larger than a typical house fly, I worked on sneaking up on it to, hopefully, get a decent picture of it.  To my delight and surprise, this guy didn’t seem to mind me.  It sat there – just as you see him – while I moved within inches and snapped several photos.

This is an image I captured several years ago using my consumer grade Kodak Easyshare DX7590.  That camera was pretty good at macro work.

On a side note:  I posted this yesterday on my Google+ account.  Someone commented, “That’s a dung fly.”  I think I would have preferred not to know that.  Especially when I consider how comfortable it was with my presence.  (If you’d like to follow me on Google +:  https://plus.google.com/u/0/113684854375405108383/posts)

To get a better view of the bug, click on the photo.