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 Siphona's strange behaviour
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 17-04-2012 19:43
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
The other day I was photographing a specimen of Siphona while it was grooming and suddenly it rotated its head and started licking its back with the proboscis!! I’ve never seen a fly doing that. Is that normal in Siphona?
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 17-04-2012 19:59
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Wow - great shot - I have never seen it before either and I'd be very surprised if there are similar photos out there  I guess if you have an itchy back and your mouth looks like a back-scratcher then ... Edited by ChrisR on 17-04-2012 20:00 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 17-04-2012 21:48
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
chris... you don't see? it is photoshop!  it must be...  |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 17-04-2012 23:11
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10661 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Useful if you get pollen on your back. |
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