Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hydromyza livens
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 04-08-2010 20:33
#1
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.
Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 07-08-2010 07:42
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 04-08-2010 20:34
#2
Mating pairs.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 04-08-2010 20:36
#3
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).
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 04-08-2010 22:02
#4
Fantastic shots "Black-made" when we love them ! Thanks for sharing these Dima !
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 05-08-2010 11:28
#5
Thanks a lot Stephane.
Posted by javanerkelens on 06-08-2010 18:06
#6
Nice photos
Looked today also again...only collected 3 species.
They seem to be at special places, not everywhere around on water lilies.
Joke
Posted by conopid on 17-08-2010 12:59
#7
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.