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 The Netherlands, 18 september 2009. Found on sandy riverbank.

Tries the male to attract attention of a female by showing this orange structure of Mouthparts?
Is this behaviour exclusive for this species?

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 mating (this is perhaps another couple)
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 I don't have an answer for you, but very nice photo's Klaas !!

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 Ah! Who could resist those lips? It does seem that it is part of the mating display. Great photos, great observation!
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 great series of photos, I detect the reflections of the MT-24 twin flash?
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 Great series of photos here. For mating display there is also one from Lauxaniidae here in DI: http://diptera.in...ad_id=8949
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