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11-06-2010, 09:44 PM
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hovering above margin of lake at dusk whilst dangling bit of vegetation  |
11-06-2010, 10:22 PM
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Take my hat off to that one Toby!
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11-06-2010, 10:49 PM
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there were quite a few of them doing this, maybe its to attract a mate? |
12-06-2010, 06:59 AM
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I have been informed this is more likely a midge with a nematode as some Ceratopogonidae are carriers of these parasites! |
16-06-2010, 10:52 AM
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The fly looks like a Serromyia species. |
17-06-2010, 04:31 PM
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turns out that is not a worm or vegetation:
Dr. Art Borkent -- the World's authority on the midge family Ceratopogonidae -- sent me this message (after I alerted him to your very interesting photo on Diptera.info):
"Eric, if this is from England, it is a female Mallochohelea nitida, with a ribbon of eggs dangling from her. This type of egg laying is present in a group of genera in the tribe Sphaeromiini.
Good photo too! I'd be interested in getting a high resolution copy. Possible?
Cheers. Art
obviously I have sent the high res requested. | | |
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