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16-JUN-2014 Christine Hanrahan

Dance fly (Rhamphomyia longicauda), female

These were in abundance and had perhaps just emerged as there were so many. Clouds of them flew up as I moved around the vegetation. The females in this species have the large feathery legs, while the males are quite different looking. All the ones I saw were females, so no doubt they were waiting for a male to arrive with a prey item as an offering and select one of them to mate with (the males apparently prefer the female who looks the largest).

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/100s f/4.0 at 5.9mm iso125 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Ghislaine et Réal Boulet20-Jun-2014 01:34
Splendid macro.
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