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„Es gibt eine schöne Offenheit, die sich öffnet wie eine Blume: Nur um zu duften."
Friedrich von Schlegel
Repro Midge head on the Rock Climber made-to-move body.
I added brown eyeliner to the bottom of her eyes. Added tan to her nostrils. Also painted her fingernails pink.
Thousants of midges floated above the Lettelerleide. Wave after wave they moved in and out of focus. Using the backlight of the setting sun to accentuate the mosquitos I kept my aperture at f2,8 to get a small DOF and lots of bokeh.
Lucky for me not all of them spotted me. Only a couple of them tasted my blood.
This is a stack of 4 images. Found this one in last years "never seen folder because I take too many pictures to edit in the summer time".
Southern Alberta Canada.
Slightly more tolerable and infinitely more interesting than the Backstreet Boys, these unheralded but fascinating animals can form large, dense 'leks' composed of posturing males, with receptive females occasionally diving through the mass. Bigger isn't necessarily best in the midge world, as smaller individuals manage to compete with their butch counterparts through superior aerial maneuverability.
The Greenfield distant is 'off' as 47269 climbs towads the summit at Standedge with a Saturday extra working at 12.55 on 15.10.1977
I was so happy to find her on New Year's Day! Here she is with 2013 Luxe Style Midge that I consider part of the Life in the Dream house line
I have seen a few of these tiny flies around recently. They are probably the last survivors from last year. I am not sure exactly what they are but I love their antenna detail.
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Turn on your porch light at night and it will attract plenty of insects....which in turn will attract spiders like this running crab spider, Philodromus sp. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, June 6, 2021.
Chironomid midge in the "studio". Thought it was a mosquito when I first saw it. Focus stacked using zerene
From Tairua, North Island NZ. All this genus of midge larvae have defensive balloon setae in common, usually only observed on certain moth and butterfly species. To my knowledge, this has not been recorded in midge larvae before.
If I'm wrong about this, I'd love to know. I've so far spent six months researching this, reading papers, articles and ID guides with not a single mention. It was only luck that I worked out what they were, as I finally saw one species as it was growing wings and antennae.
Balloon setae usually produce little drops of noxious or poisonous liquid. As well as the setae, many species also make a mass of waxy plumes or liquid-filled waxy structures, different in each species. This is probably the most gloriously bizarre of all of them. I've found similar species both in New Zealand and Tasmania. The entomologists that I've talked to in Australia and New Zealand had never seen anything like this before either. Part of the problem is the usual techniques of collection, as ethanol dissolves away the waxy substance. But all that aside, it does make them look totally stunning.
I might have found related info-
europepmc.org/abstract/MED/21978824
They might actually be Ceratopogonidae too, though I'm still veering towards Chironomidae as Ceratopogonidae don't have pro legs.
And this--" However, outside the temperate northern hemisphere, the larval ecologies of terrestrial chironomids are poorly known and other curious life histories are likely to await discovery." The Chironomidae: Biology and Ecology of Non-Biting Midges.
edited by P.D. Armitage, Peter Cranston, L.C. Pinde
Also- "The larvae of most species (of terrestrial Ceratopogonidae) have series of long hairs on the head and body, some of which secrete fluid (Sebastian et al. 2001). This sticky fluid is considered by most workers to provide protection against ants and other potential predators but more studies are needed.
When Forcipomyiinae larvae pupate, most species retain the larval skin on the posterior end of their bodies."
(I've observed this a few times...)
Macro midge with spectacular feathered antennae. Midges are non-biting flies related to the mosquito
The box opened on 5th November 1972, replacing the 1876 box, and was a second hand BR LMR type 15 box with a second hand BR LMR frame of 20 levers. Manned Controlled Barriers were installed with the new box, controlled from a barrier pedestal. Originally levers 19 and 20 were going to control wicket gates, but this was abandoned at the planning stage. The box controlled the junction from double to single line, but from 22nd May 1983 the line was singled from Farington Curve Junction to Midge Hall. The box only has 3 working levers now.
After the cancelation of HAPPY FAMILY they released this Midge (including baby doll) with the Teen Skipper facemold. Dress is borrowed from Fashion Fever Barbie.
www.flickr.com/photos/cat_pats/8107085078/in/pool-allboxedup
These two are wearing iconic Barbie outfits, Knitting Pretty and Mood for Music. These two sweaters are in pretty good condition, no moth holes. Mood for Music has a pearl choker as an accessory and of course, I don't have one. I am thinking I should make some jewelry for my dolls sometime. Pearls would be nice with these outfits.