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 ONE of the most amazing flies on the EARTH: Cephalodromia nitens Loew, 1846
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-08-2009 16:46
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
another... a male spying...
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-08-2009 16:48
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
a bunch of Cephalodromia... crap photo.. just for showing the number of Cephalodromia we can see in Asteraceae flowers.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-08-2009 16:49
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
the relative size flower - Cephalodromia...
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-08-2009 16:50
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
a curious way to feed on flower...
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-08-2009 16:51
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
another... this photo shows the Cephalodromia feeding on polen grains 
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-08-2009 16:52
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
AND FINALLY A Cephalodromia flying at background  Now it just lacks one photo showing perfectly the flight, but it is rather hard.  ENJOY! jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [180.32Kb] Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 03-08-2009 17:11 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 05-01-2010 20:38
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Finally confirmed by Evenhuis as a true Cephalodromia nitens. The javig's Cephalodromia is very probable to be another nitens. |
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| nielsyese |
Posted on 05-01-2010 20:50
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 Member Location: Yerseke, NL Posts: 2371 Joined: 13.02.09 |
Beautiful series! |
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