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At a quick glance you could easily mistake these pollen munching flies as some sort of hymenoptera (bees and wasps), but trust me they most definitely belong to the diptera (flies and mosquitoes). They arrived in large numbers shortly after I put these flowers on my window ledge. I have been trying to catch the zippy little fellas in mid-flight, but I think I may be pushing my abilities and those of my trusty little P&S to the limit with that one. Stay tuned though, I might get lucky yet!
The Cryptic Clues are really Twelfth Night and they headlined the Saturday of Summer's End 2012 at Lydney Town Hall. 2012-09-29.
Well, I know what it means... it's from Plumbing S, sent as she inspected someone's toilet while I was visiting the lovely Elaine.
Oligosoma inconspicuum. Otago Peninsula. South African ice plant (Carpobrotus edulis).
This population on Otago Peninsula is entirely dependent on a small slope of South African ice plant, which holds enough cover and moisture to enable them to persist at the site. There are no cryptic skinks in the surrounding maram grass which is dominated by Oligosoma polychroma.