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 Just for funSmile,
1. How many flies can you count on this Angelica sylvestris flower umbel?
2. How many species/families/genera can you see?
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 LOL
did you photoshop this one? Pfft
 
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 I counted 54 flies! Shock
 
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 Jorge, no this is genuine. No photoshopping at all. Taken last week in a local woodland.

I counted 46, so well done finding another 6 - those tiny Chloropidae take some spotting!!
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 families:
Tachinidae
Sepsidae
Chloropidae
Muscidae (i see an interesting Azelia)
Syrphidae
Calliphoridae
Scathophagidae
Anthomyiidae

8 families so far.
 
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 Which one is the interesting Azelia?
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 This was supposee to be fun Frown. Anyway I played. Counted 42 flies, some other non-descript blobs which takes some imagination to call them flies.
No way I could identify families.
Good test to see who needs to get a life Shock

I'm lucky to see 1 fly on our local flowers at present. Nice shot.
 
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 I had a good look at the full resolution file and counted about fifty of just the tiny flies - so most of the non-descript blobs are probably flies (mainly Chloropidae).

I need to get a life for one!Grin But, hell, its cold and raining and this is the next best way of seeing flies!
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 2nd fly beginning above at your right. With intense red eyes.
 
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