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Silver Streak blue butterfly basking in the morning sun. It's only when it's basking you can see this dazzling blue colour on the upper side of wings.
A very hairy caterpillar of some moth (ID unknown).
Noticed this crawling in the courtyard. Somebody might have stepped on it, so lifted it on a paper and set it on the compound wall. Served two purposes - it was relatively safer there, and I could get some photos without having to lie down.
Still, it was so agile that it took me about a quarter of an hour and quite a few wasted efforts to get this one keeper.
LUCAS DE CIRIA : CANON EOS 80D - CANON EF 100 MM f/2.8L Macro Lens USM IS . Fotografía Lucas de Ciria. Reserva Natural Urbana de Morón, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
A very bright coloured tortoiseshell beetle. Generally I've seen them as very tiny ones(about 5 mm), but this one was quite large, more than double the size.
A small butterfly from the blues family, sitting quietly in the morning, yet to start it's activity.
Fin de journée, belle retrouvaille depuis l'année pasée, sur fond de lumière tamisée et d'herbes en fer forgé par des températures précocement élevées
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.
Los sírfidos son una familia de dípteros braquíceros cuyos adultos liban el néctar de las flores adoptando el aspecto de himenópteros como las abejas y las avispas.
Eristalis tenax, the common drone fly, is a common, migratory, cosmopolitan species of hover fly. It is the most widely distributed syrphid species in the world, and is known from all regions except the Antarctic. It has been introduced into North America and is widely established. It can be found in gardens and fields in Europe and Australia. It has also been found in the Himalayas. The eyes are marbled in black. Males have hovering displays. The average wing length is 9.75–13 mm and their average wingspan is 15 mm. (Wikipedia). Montenaken, Belgium.
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