The mystery in the night

Paul Iddon

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It's the mystery of the night which can yield a good photo - and here are 3 OK pictures of a tachnid (?) fly, a barkfly and an ant - but it's when you get the photo that really pleases - like the fourth in this set of a hoverfly larva finishing of the remains of an aphid meal...

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Paul.
 
Lovely set as always Paul, but as you say, that last one is real special
 
Paul Iddon said:
Tbh, I never thought of them feeding...
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I'm pretty sure they do :D

The larva are pretty good at aphid control, although I get lots of hoverfly's hanging around my Clematis,
they never seem to lay much in the way of eggs.
Hence the afore mentioned Ladybird larva this year.
 
Paul Iddon said:
Tbh, I never thought of them feeding...
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Of course what I meant was I never considered what the larva would eat - in fact now that I mull it over, I have no idea what a lot of bugs eat, be it prey or veggies!

Nature is so complex!

Paul.
 
How cool is that ! (y)
 
Excellent work as usual Paul ;)
 
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