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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 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.
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.
A small butterfly from the blues family, sitting quietly in the morning, yet to start it's activity.
LUCAS DE CIRIA : CANON EOS 80D - EF180mm F/3.5 L Macro USM. Fotografía Lucas de Ciria. Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
A common jay butterfly on Leea Indica flowers. As the name suggests, these butterflies are so restless that it's a challenge to photograph them.
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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A beautiful wasp from the Scoliidae genus of insects. I don't know the exact species, but this one has lovely blue translucent wings and orange coloured antennae.
Flies of the Family Micropezidae are commonly known as the stilt-legged flies because their middle and hind legs are unusually long.
There are about 500 species of them, ranging between a minute 3 mm (0.1 in) and an impressive 2 cm (0.8 in) in length.
They're found all over the world, though more commonly in the tropics. Also there are none at all in New Zealand.