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 Hydromyza livens
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 04-08-2010 19:33
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3338 Joined: 17.10.05 |
August 04, 2010, Naro-Fominsk, Moscow region, Russia. I spotted these flies in many places on the Nara river, but was unable to reach them from the shore. Finally I have found a place with a lot of water lilies and firm bottom (unlike silt elsewhere). So I plunged into the water and quickly collected a fair number of specimens (22 males and 18 females as I discovered later). I returned there in an hour with my camera (despite tropical heat and dense smoke from forest fires everywhere) and was back in the water hoping to make some good shots (and not to drown my equipment). Size of males (top) 7 to 9 mm, females (bottom) ranging from 7 to 10 mm, the latter more uniform in size.
Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image:  [182.78Kb] Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 07-08-2010 06:42 While others can't climb, using infinite pains, I, gravity turning to jest, Ascend, with all ease, perpendicular planes, Rough or smooth, just as pleases me best. |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 04-08-2010 19:34
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3338 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Mating pairs.
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 04-08-2010 19:36
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3338 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Habitat. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos of the whole scene like Joke van Erkelens has, but I'm afraid my pictures would be rated 18+ with a nude male model (almost chin-deep in the water, though). Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image:  [166.13Kb] |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 04-08-2010 21:02
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Fantastic shots "Black-made" when we love them ! Thanks for sharing these Dima !
Stephane. |
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 05-08-2010 10:28
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3338 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Thanks a lot Stephane. |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 06-08-2010 17:06
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 Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
Nice photos Looked today also again...only collected 3 species. They seem to be at special places, not everywhere around on water lilies. Joke |
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| conopid |
Posted on 17-08-2010 11:59
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Don't forget to add these to the gallery - no photos of this species are on the gallery yet and I suspect that it's rarely photographed in life.
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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