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 Fly bubble blowing
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| pierred |
Posted on 22-02-2009 22:19
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 Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1437 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Thanks for the marvelous picture !!
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| pierred |
Posted on 08-03-2009 07:57
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1437 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Yet another one (Ephrydridae), from Brasil, posted by Chis:
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 08-03-2009 12:59
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5255 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Photographed this little Tephritidae Dioxyna bidentis cleaning its wings and blowing a bubble. Seems to be stretching the mouthparts a fair bit to get the bubble out, but it is quite large in comparison with the head
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [28.69Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 08-03-2009 13:08 |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 08-03-2009 13:00
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5255 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Another D.bidentis sunning itself and blowing a bubble.
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| pierred |
Posted on 12-03-2009 09:11
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1437 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Yet another Ephydridae from Tanzania, by Muhammad Mahdi, identified as Chlorichaeta sp. by Tony Irwin :
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 30-03-2009 19:59
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5255 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Even in death this fly was still blowing a bubble.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 30-03-2009 20:11
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19363 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I guess that was the last bit of life being squeezed out if it...
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| uwe |
Posted on 12-04-2009 12:14
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 Member Location: rotterdam Posts: 218 Joined: 11.10.08 |
Rotterdam 10 april 09, cloudy above 20* celsius
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| joolz46 |
Posted on 08-05-2009 00:14
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Member Location: Posts: 1 Joined: 06.05.09 |
Can anyone help an extreme novice ID this lovely bubbley?
Edited by joolz46 on 08-05-2009 00:16 |
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| uwe |
Posted on 20-05-2009 00:21
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Member Location: rotterdam Posts: 218 Joined: 11.10.08 |
22april2009 between 12 and 16' celsius, rotterdam, down sealevel
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| vida |
Posted on 01-06-2009 15:25
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Member Location: South Africa Posts: 116 Joined: 28.05.09 |
They are even blowing bubbles in South Africa!  ) I named this one "the entertainer" for obvious reasons.
vida attached the following image:  [143.75Kb] |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 15-06-2009 12:10
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
As a new member I have read this thread with great interest. At the present stage of the discussion, the 'aid to digestion' theory seems the most plausible. Is anything known about the chemistry of external digestion? Is it possible that an enzyme in the digestive juices is synthesised or activated more efficiently under UV or other radiation? (LordV hinted at something similar in post #20.) If so, flies may have evolved to bubble when fresh supplies are required and they feel safe enough (and they may occasionally do it when there isn't much radiation about, on the grounds that a little is better than nothing). Is the saliva for external digestion distinct from the stomach juices, and if so is there a reservoir for it big enough to contain a bubble? |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-07-2009 03:29
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
2009.06.17 - Apulia beach - Esposende - Braga - PORTUGAL Mythicomyiidae - Empidideicus hackmani  and the thread is here: http://diptera.in...d_id=22955 |
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| pierred |
Posted on 11-07-2009 21:06
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1437 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Yet another one by Lagura :
Edited by pierred on 11-07-2009 21:06 Pierre Duhem |
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| pierred |
Posted on 16-07-2009 18:56
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1437 Joined: 21.04.05 |
A Phytobia by Roger Thomason, det. Kahis :
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 24-07-2009 21:13
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3122 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Tethina illota (Canacidae) The sky was very cloudy  And a small video: YouTube Video |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 25-07-2009 19:27
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
GREAT VIDEO! Well done!  |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 12-08-2009 22:48
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Cephalodromia cf. nitens (Mythicomyiidae) |
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| cyprinoid |
Posted on 23-08-2009 22:13
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 Member Location: Norway Posts: 1751 Joined: 19.06.09 |
Sepsis punctum I'll look through my stuff and see if I have more
Hyperbolizer |
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| brigitteu |
Posted on 08-10-2009 19:24
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 Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 879 Joined: 08.07.09 |
pic from yesterday, 07.10.09, so I'v no ID of the flys even in copula the female was blowing bubbles . . . . best regards, Brigitte brigitteu attached the following image:  [78.12Kb] Edited by brigitteu on 08-10-2009 19:27 |
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