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    From a walk round the lake

    From a walk round the lake

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    Re: From a walk round the lake

    Very nice, especially with those white beautiful flowers

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    Re: From a walk round the lake

    That is one of the Empis species, Les. Empis tessellata is the commonest one but yours looks a little different. Several similar Empis species look rather similar so they can be tricky to fully identify.

    They are interesting flies which often feed from flowers but also take other flies as prey. Sometimes you will find a mating pair where the female is feeding from a captured fly prey at the same time.

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    Re: From a walk round the lake

    thanks guys and thanks for a very interesting ID Geoff , i did have more to put on but something was wrong earlier and they would'nt upload

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    Re: From a walk round the lake

    Very nice.

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    Re: From a walk round the lake

    Very intriguing specimen...if I looked at just the top, I can imagine many science fiction books I used to read as a child. those shapes, the demeanors...the play acting...scary. But it is fly...so I told myself to settle down. It is just a picture...nice ones too as it invokes memories.

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    I must say Izzie when i look at it i think of something off Dr Who

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    Re: From a walk round the lake

    Cute.

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