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mass flight Anthomyiidae Delia platura
Timofey
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 What flies could it be so numerous?
Russia, Moscow, 13 V 2019, metro ventilation column in the meadow
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Timofey wrote:
What flies could it be so numerous?
Russia, Moscow, 13 V 2019, metro ventilation column in the meadow
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Timofey wrote:
Timofey wrote:
What flies could it be so numerous?
Russia, Moscow, 13 V 2019, metro ventilation column in the meadow
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Timofey wrote:
What flies could it be so numerous?
Russia, Moscow, 13 V 2019, metro ventilation column in the meadow
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Timofey wrote:
What flies could it be so numerous?
Russia, Moscow, 13 V 2019, metro ventilation column in the meadow
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 I think these are male Anthomyiidae. I often see them on top of poles covered with plastic in the springtime.

James
 
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 Thank you, James! For me, it is interesting to know something about its biology.

jck wrote:
I think these are male Anthomyiidae. I often see them on top of poles covered with plastic in the springtime.

James
 
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 It is males Delia platura having a sunbath
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
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 Spasibo, Nikita!-)

Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
It is males Delia platura having a sunbath
 
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