A March fly trying to penetrate through my Kevlar bike pants!

[Graham Harcombe]

Nice macro. I love the colour of the fly's eyes :)

[Dianne]

A terrific macro image with all that detail.

[Wendy]

Oh they are nasty. I'm surpised you could stay still that long. You got the eyes well.

[Yao RL]

Never saw fly could be this beautiful.

[Wylie]

@ellida @wenadee @dide @yaorenliu yes I was quite surprised when the eyes came up so bright. They weren't a match for my bike riding pants fortunately.

[Ethel]

Good shot of horrible creature. Many's the bite I've had while down photographing wild orchids and fungi.

[Merrelyn]

Fabulous capture of this nasty little bug. The eyes are such lovely colours :)

[Ashley]

Impressive that you would have the fortitude to stop and grab a photo! I would have been smacking and jumping and hollering!!!

[carol white]

A super close up capture

[sally agnew]

They are nasty arses :)

[Connie Little]

Great capture of this nasty fly trying to have a piece of you.

[Babs]

Ouch, they are nasty creatures. David always gets a really bad reaction to march fly bites and the bites come up the size of an egg.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

I bet you're glad you were wearing the Kevlar!

[Lois]

Super macro!

[Diana]

Lovely capture and details, fav!

[Issi Bannerman]

No success, I trust! Nice shot.

[Susan.T.]

Omg....they hurt so much when they bite.
Cool shot.

[Judith Johnson]

Excellent close-up

[Kathy]

Colorful close up. Hope their bites are not as uncomfortable as our horsefly bites.

[Wylie]

@randystreat yep, they're pretty horrible! see comments above!