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small winter fly - Drosophila
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

small winter fly - Drosophila
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
December 2, 2008
Size: ~3mm
This was a really hardy fly. I collected it from on top of the snow, and couldn't photograph it for a while, since chilling it didn't slow it down at all. I had it in a vial in the fridge for 9 days, and was still only able to get one photo before it flew off.
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Contributed by tom murray on 11 December, 2008 - 6:25pm
Last updated 12 December, 2008 - 9:08am

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 12 December, 2008 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

Drosophila (NH)
Insects adapt physiologically to the cold weather. If you had an individual of the same species and put it in the fridge during the summer it would probably not be able to move and it would die much more quickly.
… Matthias Buck, 12 December, 2008 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

9 days that is pretty amazing
9 days that is pretty amazing. The first time I tried the chill in the freezer thing my insect died in about 20 seconds, but I didn't take into account that I now live in Florida and cold really isn't that common here...
… Jason Wagner, 11 December, 2008 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

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