Michael H
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Head dress
This is a male midge (Chironomid) with the usual big head dress of its antenna. However its the little pear shaped eye I am rather taken by, together with all those intricate structures that keep it aflight.
Tiny little things, they are, but very interesting up close.
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Uploaded on May 13, 2009
Taken on May 9, 2009
Head dress
This is a male midge (Chironomid) with the usual big head dress of its antenna. However its the little pear shaped eye I am rather taken by, together with all those intricate structures that keep it aflight.
Tiny little things, they are, but very interesting up close.
2,300
views
12
faves
41
comments
Uploaded on May 13, 2009
Taken on May 9, 2009