Nick Upton / Male Dance Fly (Empis trigramma) with complex genitalia used to provide liquid gift to females during mating, standing on Yellow Rocket (Barbarea vulgaris) flower buds. Wiltshire, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Dance fly (Rhamphomyia sulcata) sun basking on a leaf, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Dance fly (Empis trigramma) portrait of female standing on a leaf, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Mating Dance Flies (Empis opaca) hanging from a grass stem, with female feeding on March fly courtship gift provided by male. Wiltshire pastureland, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Pair of Dance Flies (Empis opaca) mating, hanging from a grass stem, with female feeding on March Fly courtship gift provided by male. Wiltshire pastureland, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Dance fly (Empis tessellata) feeding on Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvatica) nectar, Wiltshire, UK, May
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Nick Upton / Dance fly (Empis livida) sun basking on a leaf, garden, Wiltshire, UK, spring
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Nick Upton / Dance fly (Empis tessellata) feeding on Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvatica) nectar, Wiltshire, UK, May
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis livida) mating pair with the female hanging below the male and feeding on his 'gift' of a mirid bug, UK
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Dan Burton / Dance fly {Hilara maura} Essex, UK
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Mark Moffett / Goat Fly (Phytalmia mouldsi) male in courtship posture, Queensland, Australia
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis livida) mating pair with the female hanging below the male and feeding on his gift of a dolichopodid fly, UK
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis stercorea) male (left) waving his wings and pedalling his legs at female in courtship, UK
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis stercorea) male (right) vibrating his wings in courtship of the female, UK
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis stercorea) female feeding on a male of her own species, UK
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Premaphotos / Female dance fly (Empis trigramma) feeding on the gift of a droplet of liquid injected into her by the male during mating, UK
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Premaphotos / Female dance fly (Empis trigramma) feeding on the gift of a droplet of liquid injected into her by the male during mating, UK
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis trigramma) mating pair. During mating, as well as sperm, the male injects a liquid gift into the female on which she will feed after mating is finished, UK
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis trigramma) mating pair. During mating, as well as sperm, the male injects a liquid gift into the female on which she will feed after mating is finished, UK
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis trigramma) male (left) courting a female, UK.
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis trigramma) mating pair. During mating, as well as sperm, the male injects a liquid gift into the female on which she will feed after mating is finished, UK.
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Premaphotos / Robber fly (Cyrtopogon ruficornis) male (right) bobbing his abdomen in a courtship dance in front of the female, France
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Hilara maura) male showing the enlarged front legs containing silk glands, UK
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis tessellata) female feeding from common Buckthorn flowers, UK
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis / Polyblepharis opaca) mating pair with the female feeding on the male's gift of a fly, UK
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis livida) mating pair with the female hanging below the male and feeding on his 'gift' of a dolichopodid fly, UK
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Premaphotos / Dance fly (Empis / Polyblepharis opaca), male with a prospective gift, a dead Mayfly, for any likely female, UK
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Premaphotos / Female dance fly (Empis trigramma) showing her abdomen swollen with eggs as she feeds on a chironomid midge, UK
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Premaphotos / Tiny male Dance fly (Lissempis nigritarsus) flying up and down as he patrols his territory, UK
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Dan Burton / Dance / Bristly fly {Hilara maura} Essex, UK
