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(Merodon equestris)

 

HFDF!

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This Monarch Butterfly looks toward the camera while in flight.

A Snipe Fly that I came across earlier today. I'm not sure of the sub-species, but it was quite small (around 15mm long)

 

Click on the image to zoom in progressively ....

 

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A moment of stillness, fragile and quiet — nature’s silent elegance.

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This Comma Butterfly seems to favor Canon lenses! I got the picture, the photographer holding the lens didn't. Too bad!

Four-spotted chaser dragonfly

The silvery reflection of the lake provided a nice backdrop to the scene.

snipe fly

Gemeine Schnepfenfliege

[Rhagio scolopaceus]

 

(explored 07.12.2025)

The flies visit flowers or bask on leaves, especially in the morning and afternoon. Males are territorial: they chase other insects from a lookout, often a leaf, by flying after them, then return to their post. The flies hibernate in sheltered places, such as bunkers, slurry pits and caves. They often gather there in large groups (Van der Vlies 2005). Males die in winter, only females survive the winter alive. The larvae have been described by Hartley (1961). They live in watery environments with a lot of organic material, both animal and vegetable, and can even develop in manure. They are particularly resistant to low-oxygen conditions; hence the name tenax, meaning "tough". There are even known cases of larvae developing in the rectum of humans.

Probably my favourite British Butterfly.

Reared and released

Panorpa communis

  

HFDF!

 

This shot of a Syrphid hoverfly highlights the crucial role that flies play in pollination.

 

Pollen sticks to the hairs that cover the entire body and is then transferred from plant to plant.

 

Flies have been documented to be primary pollinators for many plant species, both wild and cultivated.

 

Seen here on native Callistemon.

 

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Blue Morpho Butterfly (Morpho peleides), native of Central and South America, photographed at the Butterfly Atrium, Hershey Gardens, Hershey, PA.

(slightly worse for wear, but wings outspread for the photograph, which is rare.)

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