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Conservatory fly - Amblypsilopus variegatus - male
Copyright © 2013 Keith Short

Conservatory fly - Amblypsilopus variegatus - Male
Rockford Nicolas Conservatory, Winnegabo County, Illinois, USA
January 12, 2013
Size: 4mm
Another fly from the conservatory, This one skating on a condensation puddle. Composite of 3 images.
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Contributed by Keith Short on 19 January, 2013 - 7:55pm

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… John F. Carr, 19 January, 2013 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

Lucky aphid
Lucky aphid
… John F. Carr, 19 January, 2013 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

 
perhaps not so lucky...
Fat lazy spiders hang out on the heaters along the walls and scamper out several times each day to grab the torpid flies and other critters on the windows. The windows are festooned with aphids some living, some not so.
… Keith Short, 19 January, 2013 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

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