Dieses Pärchen der Gemeinen Halmfliege (Thaumatomyia notata) arbeitet an der nächsten Generation und ließ sich auch von meinem Lupenobjektiv nicht um den Spaß bringen 😉
Die Tiere sind gerade mal gut 2 mm groß.

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Fly 1: "Hey guys. What ya doing?"

Fly 2: "Oh. Hi Gary. You found us..." *side whisper* "What's he doing here?"

Fly 3: *shoulder shrug and an I-don't-know-don't-blame-me look*

Fly 1: "Can I join you?"

Fly 2: "Ah, sure."

Fly 3 (muttering): "Ugh. Great."
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Big insects are cool, but tiny insects often even more so (in my opinion).

This is an image of a grass fly (a member of the family Chloropidae) I took. This handsome individual is just about 1 to 1.5 mm long.

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A tiny little chloropid fly (Thaumatomyia) on my fingertip.

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A tiny chloropid #fly (Thaumatomia), calmly grazing.

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